Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Linear combinations of random variables

Linear combinations of random variables — practice question

(a)[1]

A student must be picked at random from a group of three. Explain how one fair throw of a six-sided dice could be used to decide which student is chosen.

(b)[5]

The times, measured in minutes, that students take to finish a test are normally distributed with mean $125$ and variance $50$. If two students are selected at random, find the probability that the difference between their completion times is more than $12$ minutes.

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This 6-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Three different pairs are correctly formed from one throw, with all six die numbers included once and no ambiguity

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