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    Binomial Distribution Practice

    1. A box holds 240 eggs. The probability that an egg is brown is 0.05.
    (a) Find the expected number of brown eggs in the box. (2)
    (b) Find the probability that there are 15 brown eggs in the box. (2)

    (c) Find the probability that there are at least 10 brown eggs in the box. (3)
    (Total 7 marks)

    2. Evan likes to play two games of chance, A and B.


    For game A, the probability that Evan wins is 0.9. He plays game A seven times.
    (a) Find the probability that he wins exactly four games. (2)

    For game B, the probability that Evan wins is p. He plays game B seven times.
    (b) Write down an expression, in terms of p, for the probability that he wins exactly four games. (2)
    (c) Hence, find the values of p such that the probability that he wins exactly four games is 0.15. (3)
    (Total 7 marks)

    3. Jan plays a game where she tosses two fair six-sided dice. She wins a prize if the sum of her scores is 5.
    (a) Jan tosses the two dice once. Find the probability that she wins a prize. (3)

    (b) Jan tosses the two dice 8 times. Find the probability that she wins 3 prizes. (2)
    (Total 5 marks)

    4. A test has five questions. To pass the test, at least three of the questions must be answered correctly.
    1
    The probability that Mark answers a question correctly is . Let X be the number of questions that Mark
    5
    answers correctly.

    (a) (i) Find E(X).


    (ii) Find the probability that Mark passes the test. (6)

    Bill also takes the test. Let Y be the number of questions that Bill answers correctly.
    The following table is the probability distribution for Y.

    y 0 1 2 3 4 5
    P(Y = y) 0.67 0.05 a + 2b a–b 2a + b 0.04

    (b) (i) Show that 4a + 2b = 0.24.


    (ii) Given that E(Y) = 1, find a and b. (8)

    (c) Find which student is more likely to pass the test. (3)
    (Total 17 marks)

    5. A multiple choice test consists of ten questions. Each question has five answers.
    Only one of the answers is correct. For each question, Jose randomly chooses one of the five answers.
    (a) Find the expected number of questions Jose answers correctly. (1)

    (b) Find the probability that Jose answers exactly three questions correctly. (2)
    (c) Find the probability that Jose answers more than three questions correctly. (3)
    (Total 6 marks)

    IB Questionbank Maths SL 1
    Binomial Distribution Practice

    6. A factory makes switches. The probability that a switch is defective is 0.04.


    The factory tests a random sample of 100 switches.
    (a) Find the mean number of defective switches in the sample. (2)
    (b) Find the probability that there are exactly six defective switches in the sample. (2)
    (c) Find the probability that there is at least one defective switch in the sample. (3)
    (Total 7 marks)

    7. The probability of obtaining heads on a biased coin is 0.18. The coin is tossed seven times.
    (a) Find the probability of obtaining exactly two heads. (2)

    (b) Find the probability of obtaining at least two heads. (3)


    (Total 5 marks)

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    8. The probability of obtaining heads on a biased coin is .
    3
    (a) Sammy tosses the coin three times. Find the probability of getting
    (i) three heads;
    (ii) two heads and one tail. (5)
    (b) Amir plays a game in which he tosses the coin 12 times.
    (i) Find the expected number of heads.
    (ii) Amir wins $ 10 for each head obtained, and loses $ 6 for each tail.
    Find his expected winnings. (5)
    (Total 10 marks)

    IB Questionbank Maths SL 2

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