Question 1

Paper 2Medium6 marks

Two independent fair spinners are used in a game. Spinner XX has four equally likely results, 1,2,3,41,2,3,4 and spinner YY has five equally likely results, 1,2,3,4,51,2,3,4,5 The outcome of a round is the ordered pair (X,Y)(X,Y) The table shows the sum for each possible outcome.

X\YX\backslash Y12345
123456
234567
345678
456789

Let EE be the event that the sum is at least 7.

(a)

Find the theoretical probability of EE

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(b)

Find the probability of the complementary event E′E'

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(c)

Find the expected number of rounds in which EE occurs in 80 rounds.

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(d)

In a trial of 80 rounds, EE occurs 21 times. Find the relative frequency of EE

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(e)

Does this trial prove that the spinners are not fair? Give a reason.

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