COUVA GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL NOV/DEC 2003

UPPER SIX: TIME: 1 hr 15 min

STATISTICS
PAPER 7

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer all the questions.

Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the case of
angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 50.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

1. A random sample of 200 women living in Slimton in the UK was taken. The mass x kg of each woman in
the sample was measured and the results are summarized=
by ∑ x 11960 and= ∑ x 2 722613.
Calculate unbiased estimates of the mean and variance of the masses of all women living in Slimton. [3]

2. An automatic drinks machine dispenses cups of coffee. The volume of coffee in a cup follows a normal
distribution with mean 200 ml and standard deviation 9 ml. Three cups of coffee are taken from the
machine. What is the probability that the mean volume of coffee per cup is less than 195 ml? [4]

3. A random sample of size 100 is taken from X  B( 40, 0.5 ). Use the Central Limit Theorem to find
the probability that the sample mean is greater than 19.5, giving your answer correct to two decimal
places. [4]

4. In a certain country the proportion of people having a rare blood group is 0.02. A random sample of 200
people is chosen. Use a suitable approximation to calculate the probability that exactly 3 people have
the rare blood group. [4]
.

5. A queue of 5 cars is waiting at a road junction for traffic lights to turn green. It may be assumed that the
delay between the traffic lights turning green and the first car starting to move has a normal distribution
with mean 2.4 s and standard deviation 0.3 s. The delay between any car starting to move and the car
behind starting to move has a normal distribution with mean 2.7 s and standard deviation 0.4 s. All the
delays are independent. The fifth car starts to move T seconds after the lights turn green. Calculate
(a) the mean and variance of T, [3]
(b) P(T > 15). [3]

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6. A large toyshop sells Teddy Bears during the Christmas period. The number of thousands of bears that
will be sold over the next Christmas period is denoted by X, which may be treated as a continuous
variable. Records show that a model for the probability density function of X is given by

k 4 ≤ x ≤ 5, 

f ( x) =  x 2 
 0 otherwise, 

where k is a constant.
(a) Show that k = 20. [2]
(b) Calculate E(X) and Var(X). [5]
(c) Calculate the median of the distribution. [2]

7. The distances golfer P hits his tee shot at a particular hole may be assumed to be normally distributed
with mean 250 m and standard deviation 20 m. The distances of a random sample of 8 of the golfer’s
tee shots at this hole are measured. Find the probability that the mean of these lengths is greater than
240 m, giving 3 decimal places in your answer. [4]

The distances that another golfer Q hits his tee shots at this hole may be considered to be normally
distributed with mean 200 m and standard deviation 25 m. One shot of each golfer is chosen at random
and the distance measured. Find the probability that the distance covered by Q’s ball is at least three
quarters of the distance covered by P’s ball. [6]

8. False alarm calls received by a certain fire station occur at random intervals. This fire station receives on
average 4.2 false alarm calls each week.

(a) What is the probability that in one particular week this fire station receives more than 3 false
alarm calls? [3]

(b) What is the probability that no false alarm calls are received during a particular 24 hour
period? [3]

(c) For a period of n hours, it is 75 % certain that no false alarm calls will be received. Calculate
the value of n. [4]

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