SMK St. Joseph, Kuching - Marking Scheme - STPM Mathematcs Paper 3 - 2014: Section A
SMK St. Joseph, Kuching - Marking Scheme - STPM Mathematcs Paper 3 - 2014: Section A
1. (a)
D1 -shape
of curve
D1-both
axes
correctly
labelled
B1 – at
least 3
points
correctly
plotted
4 pq
(a) Standard error of the estimate = z = 0.02 B1
2
n
5 Let X be the age , in years, of the worker and let the population mean age be and 18
H 0 : 45
B1 (both)
H1 : 45
The sample size is large n = 100, by the central limit theorem, X is approximately normal,
B1 -formula
2
So X N , with =18 and n 100
n
182 M1 –substitution of
X N 45, values
100
Use two-tailed test at 5% level, critical z-values = 1.96 B1
x 48.4 45
z B1 substitution of
18
values
n 100
z 1.8889 A1 (accept 4 or 5
decimals places)
Since z 1.96, do not reject H 0
There is no sufficient evidence, at 5% level of significance, to reject the management’s claim
that the mean age is 45 years. A1 (7)
12.5 18 20.5 18
P Z M1 (subt for mean
14.4 14.4
and std. deviation)
P 1.449 Z 0.659
0.9264 0.7451 1
A1 (from table or
0.6715 or 0.67138 calculator)
(4)
SECTION B
A1-(total- 2.56015)
Since 9.488, do not reject H 0
2 B1
The normal model X N(50, 225) is a suitable model A1 (15)
8.
(a) Unbiased estimate of x
x 358.2 M1
n 200
= 1.791 A1
n x x
2 2
2
Unbiased estimate of 2
n 1 n n
200 773.18
= (1.791)2 M1
199 200
= 0.66153 A1 (4)
(b) P( z0.05 Z z0.05 )
X
P ( z0.05 z0.05 ) 0.90 B1 formula
n M1 for Z0.05 1.96
x z0.05 x z0.05
n n
0.06153
0.06153 0.06153 M1 for
1.791 1.96 1.791+1.96 200
200 200
1.6993 1.8827 A1 (4)
1
Let p be the proportion of cars parked for more than 2 hours
2
39
From sample of 200 cars , p
200 39
M1 for p
200
H 0 : p 0.15
B1 (both)
H1 : p 0.15
Critical region z0.10 1.282 B1
p p
Test statistics Z N (0,1) B1 - formula
pq
n
39
0.15
Z 200
M1- substitution of
(0.15)(0.75)
values
200
= 1.8974 A1
Since the value of the test statistics (1.8974 > 1.282) lies within the critical region, there is A1
sufficient evidence to conclude that the null hypothesis is false. (7)