Edexcel A Level Maths S2 · Statistics 2 June 2016 question paper 6684

A student is investigating the numbers of cherries in a Rays fruit cake. A random sample of Rays fruit cakes is taken and the results are shown in the table below.

Number of cherries	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Frequency	24	37	21	12	4	2	0

Calculate the mean and the variance of these data.

Explain why the results in part (a) suggest that a Poisson distribution may be a suitable model for the number of cherries in a Rays fruit cake.

The number of cherries in a Rays fruit cake follows a Poisson distribution with mean 1.5 A Rays fruit cake is to be selected at random. Find the probability that it contains

exactly 2 cherries,

at least 1 cherry.

Rays fruit cakes are sold in packets of 5

Show that the probability that there are more than 10 cherries, in total, in a randomly selected packet of Rays fruit cakes, is 0.1378 correct to 4 decimal places.

Twelve packets of Rays fruit cakes are selected at random.

Find the probability that exactly 3 packets contain more than 10 cherries.

In a region of the UK, 5% of people have red hair. In a random sample of size n, taken from this region, the expected number of people with red hair is 3

Calculate the value of n.

A random sample of 20 people is taken from this region. Find the probability that

exactly 4 of these people have red hair,

at least 4 of these people have red hair.

Patrick claims that Reddman people have a probability greater than 5% of having red hair. In a random sample of 50 Reddman people, 4 of them have red hair.

Stating your hypotheses clearly, test Patrick’s claim. Use a 1% level of significance.

The random variable R has a continuous uniform distribution over the interval [5, 9]

Specify fully the probability density function of R.

Find P(7 R 10)

The random variable A is the area of a circle radius R cm.

Find E(A)

A continuous random variable X has cumulative distribution function F(x) given by

Given that the mode of X is

show that b = 8

find the value of k.

In a large school, 20% of students own a touch screen laptop. A random sample of n students is chosen from the school. Using a normal approximation, the probability that more than 55 of these n students own a touch screen laptop is 0.0401 correct to 3 significant figures. Find the value of n.

A bag contains a large number of counters with one of the numbers 4, 6 or 8 written on each of them in the ratio 5:3:2 respectively. A random sample of 2 counters is taken from the bag.

List all the possible samples of size 2 that can be taken.

The random variable M represents the mean value of the 2 counters.

find the sampling distribution for M.

A sample of n sets of 2 counters is taken. The random variable Y represents the number of these n sets that have a mean of 8

Calculate the minimum value of n such that P(Y 1) 0.9

The weight, X kg, of staples in a bin full of paper has probability density function

Use integration to find

E(X)

Var (X)

P(X 1.5)

Peter raises money by collecting paper and selling it for recycling. A bin full of paper is sold for £50 but if the weight of the staples exceeds 1.5 kg it sells for £25

Find the expected amount of money Peter raises per bin full of paper.

Peter could remove all the staples before the paper is sold but the time taken to remove the staples means that Peter will have 20% fewer bins full of paper to sell.

Decide whether or not Peter should remove all the staples before selling the bins full of paper. Give a reason for your answer.