Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Discrete random variables

Discrete random variables — practice question

A fair red six-sided dice has faces labelled $1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2$. A fair blue six-sided dice has faces labelled $1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3$. Both dice are thrown. The random variable $X$ represents the product of the two scores.
(a)[3]

Construct the probability distribution table for $X$.

(b)[1]

Find $\text{E}(X)$.

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