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EXERCISE~F13 ‘You are advised to draw 1. The random variable X ‘i random variable Xi dissbued Ny, of, TEP(X< 27.5) = 0.3085, find the value ofp. + 2. The random variable X is normally di h ly distributed with a mean of 45. The probability that Xis greater than 51 is 0.288, Find the standard deviation of the distributign. 3. The volumes of drinks in cans are normally distributed with a mean of 333 ml. Given that 20% ofthe cans contain more than 340 mi, find the standard deviation of the volume of drink in & can. Find also the percentage of cans,that contain less than than 330ml. 4, The random variable X is distributed Nu, 12) and itis known that P(X> 32) = 0.8438. Find the value of z. 5, The heights, measured in metres, of $00 people are normally distributed with 2 standard deviation of 0.080 m, Given that the heights of 129 of these people are greater than the mean height, but less than 1.806 m, estimate the mean height. (C) 6, The random variable X is distributed Nu, 0°). P(X > 80) = 0.0113 and P(X < 30) = 0.0287. Find» and o. 7. The masses of boxes of apples are normally distributed such that 20% of them are greater than 5.08 kg and 15% are greater than 5.62 ke, [Estimate the mean and standard deviation of the masses. 8, Metal rods produced by a machine have lengths that are normally distributed. 2% of the 1ods are rejected as being too short ‘and 5% are rejected as being too long. (a). Given thatthe least and greatest acceptable lengths of the rods are 6.32 cm and 7.52 cm, calculate che mean and variance of the lengths ofthe rods. 4b) Hften sods are chosen at random from a batch produced by the machine find the probability that exactly three of them are rejected as being t00 long. 9. The random variable X is distributed N\u, 0°) P(X <35) =0.2 and P(35 5.2) = 0.9. Find the standard deviation, vanes a (b) A normal distribution has mean wand standard deviation 0. If 800 i . observations are taken this distribution, how many would you expect to be between pt ~ o and jt +o? weak ani 9709/06/MAYTUN/2007/03, PAGE # 238 Scanned with CamScanner oor F1 Normal Distributions Page 14 of 28 ed , a5 35 ‘The random variable X has a normal distribution with mean 4.5. It is given that P(X > 5.5) = 0.0465 (see diagram). @ Find the standard deviation of X. by ) Find the probability that a random observation of X lies between 3.8 and 4.8. a {9709/06/0CTNOV/2007/04 8 In acertain country the time taken for a common infection to clear up is normally distributed with mean 1 days and standard deviation 2.6 days. 25% of these infections clear up in less than 7 days. (@ Find the value of u. [al In another country the standard deviation of the time taken for the infection to clear up is the same as in part (i), but the mean is 6.5 days. The time taken is normally distributed. Gi) Find the probability that, in a randomly chosen case from this country, the infection takes longer than 6.2 days to clear up. Bl 9709/06/MAYJUN/2008/04 9 (i) Thedaily minimum temperature in degrees Celsius (°C) in January in Ottawa is a random variable with distribution N(~15.1, 62.0). Find the probability that a randomly chosen day in January in Ottawa has a minimum temperature above 0°C. Bl Gi) In another city the daily minimum temperature in °C in January is a random variable with distribution N(11, 40.0). In this city the probability that a randomly chosen day in January has a minimum temperature above 0°C is 0.8888. Find the value of 4. B) 9709/06/OCTNOV/2008/03, 10 The volume of milk in millilitres in cartons is normally distributed with mean u and standard deviation 8. Measurements were taken of the volume in 900 of these cartons and it was found that 225 of them contained more than 1002 millilitres. @ Calculate the value of u. Bl (ii) Three of these 900 cartons are chosen at random. Calculate the probability that exactly 2 of them contain more than 1002 millilitres. (2) 9709/06/MAYTUN/2009/01 11 The random variable X is normally distributed with mean 1 and standard deviation 7. @ Given that So =3y, find P(X <2). 8) (ii) With a different relationship between 1! and 6, it is given that P (X <4 )= 0.8524. Express in terms of o. G1 9709/62/MAYIUN/2010/04 Scanned with CamScanner 1 -Normal Distributions Page 12 of 29 12. The times for a certain car journey have a normal distribution with mean 100 minutes and standard deviation 7 minutes. Journey times are classified as follows: ‘short’ (the shortest 33% of times), ‘Jong’ (the longest 33% of times), ‘standard’ (the remaining 34% of times). Bl {4) (® Find the probability that a randomly chosen car journey takes between 85 and 100 minutes. (i) Find the least and greatest times for ‘standard’ journeys. 9709/61 0CTNOW/2009/03, 13 ore (hem 39 8 ‘windspeed (kmbh™) i over a period of one year. A box-and~ Measurements of wind speed on a certsin island were taken over a per ee aoe myo of the data obtained is displayed above, and the values of the quartet as shown, Tranter tasted that wind speed can be modelled approximately by & normal cisibusion ™ kmh”? and standard deviation om" a (i) Estimate the value of w Gi) Estimate the value of 6. 9709/62/OCTNOV/2009/01 14 The weights, X grams, of bars of soap are normally distributed with mean 125 grams and standard deviation 4.2 grams. (Find the probability that a zandomly chosen bar of soap weighs more than 128 grams 8) (i) Find the value of k such that P (K 30.0) = 0.1480 and P (X>20.9) = 0.6228. Find 1 and o. 6) 9709/61/MAYTUN/2010/03 16 The lengths of new pencils are normally distributed with mean 11 cm and standard deviation 0.095 em. (@ Find the probability that a pencil chosen at random has a length greater than 10.9 em. @ Gi) Find the probability that, in a random sample of yenci Me Find the probability that dom sample of 6 pencils, at least two have lengths less than (3) '9709/62/MAYJUN/2010/02 Scanned with CamScanner ma 1 - Normal Distributions Page 13 of 28 have a normal distribution. On average, 417 The heights tat children ofa pacular age can jump 8 chien ot of 10 can jmp aight of more than 127 om, an onto can mp 2 height of () Find the mean and standard deviation of the heights the children can jump: fo) Gi) Find the probability that a randomly chosen child will not be height of 145 em. e) (it) Find the probability that, of 8 randomly chosen children at least 2 willbe able jump 2 Reif) ‘of more than 135 em. GB] 19709/63/MAYSUN/201007 18 19 20 21 \delled by a normal distribution with ‘The times taken by students t fents to get up in the morning ean be mo trean 26.4 mints and tana devs 3.7 mines @ For a random sample of 350 stents, find the number who would be expected ro fe longs) Bl than 20 minutes to get up in the morning. dy “Very slow" students are students whose time to get up is more than 1.645 standard deviations cee ee nea Find the probability that fewer than 3 students from a random sample of 8 students are ‘very slow’. 4 {9709/61/0CTNOV/2010/03 “The distance the Zotoc car ean travel on 20 litres of fuel is normally distributed with mean 320 km and standard deviation 21.6km. The distance the Ganmer so" 2 travel on 20 litres of fuel is normally sannned with mean 350 km and standard deviation 7.5km, Both cars ae filed with 20 litres of fuel and are driven towards a place 367 km away. .s out of fuel before it has travelled 367 kim. B) (320 +d)km on 20 litres of fuelis 0.409. Find {4} (@® For each car, find the probability that it run fy The probability that a Zotoc car can travel at Teast the value of d. ‘9709/62J0CTNOV/2010/03 a certain dentist are independent ‘The times spent by people visiting ie who visit this dentist have visits mean of 8.2 minutes. 79% of peopl Tasting less than 10 minutes. spent by people visiting this dentist () Find the standard deviation of the times 5 ting this dentist by a randomly chosen per i) Find the probability that the time spent visit from the mean by more than 1 minute, (iii) Find the probability that, of 6 randoml than 10 minutes. yy chosen people, more than 2 have visits lasting 9T09/6SOCTNOVI2010/07 (@) The random variable X is normally distributed with mean ! and standard deviation that 3702 and that P(X >2H) =01016. Find 4 and 6. fa given that PG3-4 <¥ <33 +a (b) Itis given that ¥ ~ N(33, 21). Find the value of and normally distributed with a Bl son deviates B) longer G1 «o. Itis given (4) )=05. [4] DT0976VIMAYIUN/2011/05 Scanned with CamScanner 22 24 25 26 1 Normal Distributions Page 14 of 29 ‘The lengths, in centi . timetres, of drinkit mean pt and vari ies ing straws prod ‘i wend ve his pen tha Tastee ne eee = (@ Find the value of pt, 8 Gi) Find the probabil PE pA EDL Ea length berween STOOTEERIATIUNTOTIIOG The random variable X is norm: ‘i saree * ay disacl mndard deviation 4u. Teis si that P (X20) =0.04. ally distributed with mean and standard devi @ Find p. 8) Find P(10 4y) GB) Se paaue 97091IOCTNOVT Sa normal Gibson with mean 2608 : oon ime 20a sana devin og An packet wh s Wei stan S60 erwegh Chen tet fof packets fe are underweight, nde waus oro Sey 9709163/0CTNOWRO140 PAGE # 246 Scanned with CamScanner ' F1-Normal Distibutions Page 19 ot 29 Fe tau Gein mine hve weighs, grams, which re normally iit wid ean r tation 035g. These gam ses te coned eee ea eae ‘depending on their weights, as follows. a ‘Small: under 1.2 Medium: between 1, 2gand25g Large: over 2.5g @ Find the proportion of gem stones in each of these three categories. 8 Gi Find the value of k such that P(k 35.2, is 0.148. Find the value oft 8) (®) The random variable X has the distribution N(u, o?). It is given that P(X < 7)= 0.2119 and P(X < 10)= 0.6700. Find the values of wand o. (5) ‘970S/62/MAYION/2015107 56 The weights, in grams, of onions in a supermarket have a notmal distribution with mean and standard deviation 22. The probability that a randomly chosen onion weighs more than 195 grams is 0.128. Find the value of u. GI 9709/63/ MAYTUNI2O157O1 57 The random variable X has the distribution N(j, 2) It is given that P(X < $4.1) = 0.5 and P(X > 50.9)= 0.8665. Find the values of and . 14 STOWEVOCTNOWROISIOZ 58 (a) A petrol station finds that its daily sales, in lites, are normally distributed with mean 4520 and standard deviation 560. (@) Find on how many days of the year (365 days) the daily sales can be expected to exceed 3900 litres. a} ‘The daily sales at another petrol station are Mlitres, where Xis normally distributed with mean m and standard deviation 560. It is given that P(X > 8000)= 0.122. (i) Find the value of m. B) (if) Find the probability that daily sales at this petrol station exceed 8000 litres on fewer than 2 of 6 randomly chosen days. GB] (b) The random variable Yis normally distributed with mean and standard deviation ¢. Given that o= 3u, find the probability that a random value of Yis less than 2 GB) ‘STOBIGVOCTNOVIRO1SI07 i PAGE # 247 Scanned with CamScanner 59 60 61 62 63 65 The time taken for cucu imber seeds to germinate ‘with mean 125 hours and standard dee a hem ean conditions has a normal distribution @ Itis found that 13% of seeds take longer than 136 hours to germinate. Find the value of o. (31 Gi) 170 seeds are sown. Find the to germina xpected numberof seeds which take between 131 and 141 hows STOR SOCTNOWAOISTIN or he oat Piatt ; il dard deviation ipapwa is normally distributed with mean 1.62 m and stanc Gm. The probability that a randomly chosen plant has a height greater than 1.8m is 0.15. Find 1s value of DHORTSUIMAYTUNI2016101 Plastic drinking straws are manufactured to fit into drinks cartons which have a hole in the top. A straw fits into the hole if the diameter of the straw is less than 3 mm. The diameters of the straws a normal distribution with mean 2.6mm and standard deviation 0.25 mm. carton. [31 (A straw is chosen at random. Find the probability that it ft into the hole ina drinks carton, (3) 1 ii) Justify the use of your approximation. L STORET MAYIUNI2016705 e probability of When visiting the dentist the probability of waiting less than S minutes is 0.16, and the probability of waiting less than 10 minutes is 0.88. G Find the probability of waiting between 5 and 10 minutes w STOBTEEMAVTONT2016°02 ‘The time in minutes taken by Peter to walk to the shop and buy a newspaper is normally distributed with mean 9.5 and standard deviation 1.3. (i) Find the probability that on a randomly chosen day Peter takes longer than 10.2 minutes. [3] ) On 90% of days he takes longer than 1 minutes. Find the value of BI (ili) Calculate an estimate of the number of days in a year (365 days) on which Peter takes less than 8.8 minutes to walk to the shop and buy a newspaper. BI ‘STOS762IMAYTUNI2016/06, The heights of school desks have a normal distribution with mean 69 em and standard deviation oem. Itis known that 15.5% of these desks have a height greater than 70cm. (i) Find the value of o. GB) ‘When Jodu sits at a desk, his knees are at a height of 58 cm above the floor. A desk is comfortable for Jodu if his knees are at least 9.cm below the top of the desk. Jodu's school has 300 desks. di) ulate an estimate of the number of these desks that are comfortable for Jodu. (5) 9709/63/MAYTUN/2016105 ‘The random variable X is such that X ~ N(20, 49). Given that P(X > k)= 0.25, find the value of k. BI 9709/6 OCTNOVI2016701 Scanned with CamScanner F1-Normal Distrbutions Page 20 of 28 F1-Norml Distbutons Page 21 of 28 66 Packets of rice are filled by a machine and have weights which are normally distributed with mean 1.04 kg and standard deviation 0.017 kg. ) Find the probability that a randomly chosen packet weighs less than 1 kg B) (id) How many packets of rice, on average, would the machine fill from 1000 kg of rice? o ss on the machine s0 ‘The factory manager wants to produce more packets ofrice. He changes the settings on € that the standard deviation isthe same but the mean is reduced to :kg. With this mean the probability that a packet weighs less than 1 kg is 0.0388. (ii) Find the value of p. BI (iv) How many packets of rie, on average, would the machine now fill from 1000 kg of ree? (1) i DT09761OCTNOW2016/04 ‘The time taken to cook an egg by people living in a certain town has a normal distribution with mean 4.2 minutes and standard deviation 0.6 minutes. 67 that a person chosen at random takes between 3.5 and 4.5 minutes to cook ET G1 os 129 of people take more than minutes to cook an eg ad (i) Find the value oft 3 os te ener eee eee ree oe that none of these people takes more than t minutes to cook an egg is less than 0.003. (3) THATOCTNOW ROSA 68 The weights of bananas in a fruit shop have a normal distribution with mean 150 grams and standard deviation 50 grams. Three sizes of banana are sold. = Small: under 95 grams — Medium: between 95 grams and 205 grams e Large: over 205 grams — () Find the proportion of bananas that are small BI ee (ii) Find the weight exceeded by 10% of bananas. BI The prices of bananas are 10 cents for a small banana, 20 cents for a medium banana and 25 cents for — a large banana ~_ Gi) (@) Show that the probability that a randomly chosen banana costs 20 cents is 0.7286. [1] - (b) Calculate the expected total cost of 100 randomly chosen bananas. 3) . GB) — S70976SOCTNOW 201606 ae k : t PAGE #249 Scanned with CamScanner

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