S2 June 2013 Q1

EdexcelOld spec11 marksDRVsProbability

1. A bag contains a large number of 1p, 2p and 5p coins.

50% are 1p coins
20% are 2p coins
30% are 5p coins

A random sample of 3 coins is chosen from the bag.

(a) List all the possible samples of size 3 with median 5p. (2)
(b) Find the probability that the median value of the sample is 5p. (4)
(c) Find the sampling distribution of the median of samples of size 3 (5)