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3 The times taken, in minutes, for trains to travel between Alphaton and Beeton are normally distributed
with mean 140 and standard deviation 12.

(i) Find the probability that a randomly chosen train will take less than 132 minutes to travel between
Alphaton and Beeton. [3]

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(ii) The probability that a randomly chosen train takes more than k minutes to travel between
Alphaton and Beeton is 0.675. Find the value of k. [3]

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4 The random variable X takes the values −1, 1, 2, 3 only. The probability that X takes the value x is
kx2 , where k is a constant.

(i) Draw up the probability distribution table for X , in terms of k, and find the value of k. [3]

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(ii) Find E!X " and Var!X ". [3]

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6 The results of a survey by a large supermarket show that 35% of its customers shop online.

(i) Six customers are chosen at random. Find the probability that more than three of them shop
online. [3]

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(ii) For a random sample of n customers, the probability that at least one of them shops online is
greater than 0.95. Find the least possible value of n. [3]

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5 In a certain country the probability that a child owns a bicycle is 0.65.

(i) A random sample of 15 children from this country is chosen. Find the probability that more than
12 own a bicycle. [3]

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(ii) A random sample of 250 children from this country is chosen. Use a suitable approximation to
find the probability that fewer than 179 own a bicycle. [4]

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6 At a funfair, Amy pays $1 for two attempts to make a bell ring by shooting at it with a water pistol.
! If she makes the bell ring on her first attempt, she receives $3 and stops playing. This means
that overall she has gained $2.
! If she makes the bell ring on her second attempt, she receives $1.50 and stops playing. This
means that overall she has gained $0.50.
! If she does not make the bell ring in the two attempts, she has lost her original $1.

The probability that Amy makes the bell ring on any attempt is 0.2, independently of other attempts.

(i) Show that the probability that Amy loses her original $1 is 0.64. [2]

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(ii) Complete the probability distribution table for the amount that Amy gains. [4]

Amy’s gain ($)

Probability 0.64

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(iii) Calculate Amy’s expected gain. [1]

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7 The weight of adult female giraffes has a normal distribution with mean 830 kg and standard deviation
120 kg.

(i) There are 430 adult female giraffes in a particular game reserve. Find the number of these adult
female giraffes which can be expected to weigh less than 700 kg. [4]

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(ii) Given that 90% of adult female giraffes weigh between !830 − w" kg and !830 + w" kg, find the
value of w. [3]

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The weight of adult male giraffes has a normal distribution with mean 1190 kg and standard deviation
# kg.

(iii) Given that 83.4% of adult male giraffes weigh more than 950 kg, find the value of #. [3]

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1 Two ordinary fair dice are thrown and the numbers obtained are noted. Event S is ‘The sum of the
numbers is even’. Event T is ‘The sum of the numbers is either less than 6 or a multiple of 4 or both’.
Showing your working, determine whether the events S and T are independent. [4]

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2 The volume of ink in a certain type of ink cartridge has a normal distribution with mean 30 ml and
standard deviation 1.5 ml. People in an office use a total of 8 cartridges of this ink per month. Find
the expected number of cartridges per month that contain less than 28.9 ml of this ink. [4]

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3 The probability that Janice will buy an item online in any week is 0.35. Janice does not buy more than
one item online in any week.

(i) Find the probability that, in a 10-week period, Janice buys at most 7 items online. [3]

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(ii) The probability that Janice buys at least one item online in a period of n weeks is greater than 0.99.
Find the smallest possible value of n. [3]

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4 It is known that 20% of male giant pandas in a certain area weigh more than 121 kg and 71.9% weigh
more than 102 kg. Weights of male giant pandas in this area have a normal distribution. Find the
mean and standard deviation of the weights of male giant pandas in this area. [5]

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1 The time taken, in minutes, by a ferry to cross a lake has a normal distribution with mean 85 and
standard deviation 6.8.

(i) Find the probability that, on a randomly chosen occasion, the time taken by the ferry to cross the
lake is between 79 and 91 minutes. [3]

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(ii) Over a long period it is found that 96% of ferry crossings take longer than a certain time t minutes.
Find the value of t. [3]

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5 On average, 34% of the people who go to a particular theatre are men.

(i) A random sample of 14 people who go to the theatre is chosen. Find the probability that at most
2 people are men. [3]

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(ii) Use an approximation to find the probability that, in a random sample of 600 people who go to
the theatre, fewer than 190 are men. [5]

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6 A fair five-sided spinner has sides numbered 1, 1, 1, 2, 3. A fair three-sided spinner has sides numbered
1, 2, 3. Both spinners are spun once and the score is the product of the numbers on the sides the
spinners land on.

(i) Draw up the probability distribution table for the score. [4]

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(ii) Find the mean and the variance of the score. [3]

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(iii) Find the probability that the score is greater than the mean score. [2]

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