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Practice Examination 2
Time 1 hour 15 minutes. Answer all the questions.
The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.
1. In a random sample of 200 people who listened to the radio on one particular evening, the
percentage who listened to a certain current affairs program was 28%. Calculate an
approximate 99% confidence interval for the population proportion of listeners who
listened to this program. [4] [Ans:19.8%, 36.2%]

2. A six-sided dice is suspected of being less likely to show a six than any of the other
numbers. In an experiment to investigate this suspicion, the dice is thrown 20 times, and
only one six is obtained. State appropriate null and alternative hypothesis, and carry out a
hypothesis test at the 10% significant level to test the suspicion. [5]
[Ans: P ( X 1 )=0.130> 0.10 ]

3. The continuous random variable X has a normal distribution with mean 20 and standard
deviation 3. The mean of a random sample of n observations of X is denoted by
Given that
[Ans:

X .

P( X >21) is between 0.01 and 0.05, find the set of possible values of n. [6]

25 n 48 ]

4. A shopkeeper knows that the mean number of CD players sold per day in his shop is 3.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)

State a probability distribution which you might expect to be a reasonable model for
the number of CD players sold by the shopkeeper on a randomly chosen day. [1]
Hence calculate the probability that the shopkeeper sells exactly 5 CD players on a
randomly chosen day. [2]
The shopkeeper opens his shop for 6 days every week. Use a suitable approximation
to determine the number of CD players which the shopkeeper should have in stock
at the beginning of a randomly chosen week to be at least 95% certain of being able
to meet the demand during the week. [4]

[Ans: (i) P0 (3) ; (ii)0.101; (iii)25]

5. The amount of petrol, in tens of thousands of litres, sold in a week at a petrol filling station
in modelled by the continuous random variable X with probability density function given
by

4x
( 2), for 0 x 2,
f ( x )= { kx 0 , otherwise .

(i)
(ii)
(iii)

Find the value of the constant k. [2]

Calculate the probability that in a randomly chosen week the amount of petrol sold
is more than 14000 litres. [3]
Show that the median, m, of X satisfies the equation

m4 +m2 +8=0,
And hence find the median amount of petrol sold in a week. [3]

[Ans: (i) 4 ; (ii)0.2601; (iii)10800 litres]

6. Robert and Sipho are athletes who specialize in the long jump. The lengths of their jumps
may be modelled by normal distributions with means and variances as follows.
Mean (m)

Varicance (

m2 )
Robert
Sipho

8.13
8.49

0.24
0.21

They both complete in an athletics competition, in which they each have three jumps. The
length of any jump may be assumed to be independent of all other jumps. Calculate the
probability that
(i) Robert and Siphos first jumps differ by more than 1 m. [5]
(ii) The sum of Roberts three jumps exceeds the sum of Siphos three jumps. [4]
[Ans: (i)0.191; (ii0.176)]

7. A machine produces metal rods, whose lengths are normally distributed with standard
deviation 0.1 cm. The machine is set up for the rods to have a mean length of 2 cm. To
check whether the setting is accurate, a random sample of 20 rods is taken, and the
lengths, x cm, are measured. It is found that
(i)
(ii)

( x2 ) =0.84

Test, at the 5% significance level, whether the machine has been set up correctly.
State your hypothesis and conclusion clearly. [5]
Find the probability of making a Type II error in this test if the mean length of rods
produced by the machine is in fact 2.05 cm. [6][Ans: 0.391]