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The document outlines a statistics test that covers various topics including normal distribution, probability calculations, and binomial distribution. It includes specific problems related to the probability of events, normal approximations, and calculations involving means and standard deviations. The test is designed for students to apply statistical concepts in practical scenarios.

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STATISTIC

The document outlines a statistics test that covers various topics including normal distribution, probability calculations, and binomial distribution. It includes specific problems related to the probability of events, normal approximations, and calculations involving means and standard deviations. The test is designed for students to apply statistical concepts in practical scenarios.

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NORMAL DISTRIBUTION, LINEAR

COMBINATION OF NORMAL VARIABLES,


AND SAMPLING AND ESTIMATION- 2024
STATISTICS U6
MR SHARE +263784089807; MUTARE

16/08/2024

U6 STATISTICS TEST 4
1. The probability that New Year’s Day is on a Saturday in a randomly
chosen year is 17 .
(a) 15 years are chosen randomly. Find the probability that at least 3 of
these years have New Year’s Day on a Saturday. [4]
(b) 56 years are chosen randomly. Use a suitable approximation to find
the probability that more than 7 of these years have New Year’s Day
on a Saturday. [5]
2. In a certain country the time taken for a common infection to clear up is
normally distributed with mean µ days and standard deviation 2.6 days.
25% of these infections clear up in less than 7 days.
(a) Find the value of µ. [4]

In another country the standard deviation of the time taken for the
infection to clear up is the same as in part (a), but the mean is 6.5
days. The time taken is normally distributed.

(b) Find the probability that, in a randomly chosen case from this coun-
try, the infection takes longer than 6.2 days to clear up. [3]

3. 65% of all watches sold by a shop have a digital display and 35% have
analog display.
(a) Find the probability that, out of the next 12 customers who buy a
watch, fewer than 10 choose one with a digital display. [4]

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(b) Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that, out of the
next 120 customers who buy a watch, fewer than 70 choose one with
a digital display. [5]
4. In a normal distribution, 69% of the distribution is less than 28 and 90%
is less than 35. Find the mean and standard deviation of the
distribution. [6]
5. (a) State two conditions which must be satisfied for a situation to be
modelled by a binomial distribution. [2]

In a certain village 28% of all cars are made by Ford.

(b) 14 cars are chosen randomly in the village. Find the probability that
fewer than 4 of these cars are made by Ford. [4]
(c) A random sample of 50 cars in the village is taken. Estimate, using
a normal approximation, the probability that more than 18 cars are
made by Ford. [4]
6. The weights, X grams, of bars of soap are normally distributed with mean
125 grams and standard deviation 4.2 grams.
(a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen bar of soap weighs more
than 128 grams. [3]
(b) Find the value of k such that P (k < X < 128) = 0.7465. [4]
(c) Five bars of soap are chosen at random. Find the probability that
more than two of the bars each weigh more than 128 grams. [4]
7. The random variable X, is the length of time in minutes that Jannon takes
to mend a bicycle puncture. X has a normal distribution with mean µ and
variance σ 2 . It is given that P (X > 30.0) = 0.1480 and P (X > 20.9) =
0.6228. Find µ and σ. [5]
8. The random variable X is normally distributed with mean µ and standard
deviation σ.

(a) Given that 5σ = 3µ, find P (X < 2µ). [3]


(b) With a different relationship between µ and σ, it is given that P (X <
1
3 µ) = 0.8524. Express µ in terms of σ. [3]
9. The thickness of two types of textbooks A and B are normally distributed
with parameters as shown in the table below.

M EAN V ARIAN CE
A 2.0 0.73
B 4.9 1.92

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Find the probability that,
(a) the combined thickness of four randomly chosen type A textbook is
greater than the combined thickness of two randomly chosen type B
textbooks. [5]
(b) a randomly chosen type A textbook is less than half as thick as a
randomly chosen type B textbook. [4]

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