OCR S2 2006 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicApproximating Binomial to Normal Distribution
TypeCombined binomial and normal events

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  1. Explain briefly what is meant by a random sample. Random numbers are used to select, with replacement, a sample of size \(n\) from a population numbered 000, 001, 002, ..., 799.
  2. If \(n = 6\), find the probability that exactly 4 of the selected sample have numbers less than 500 .
  3. If \(n = 60\), use a suitable approximation to calculate the probability that at least 40 of the selected sample have numbers less than 500 .