3 A company has a fleet of identical vans. Company policy is to replace all of the tyres on a van as soon as any one of them is worn out. The random variable \(X\) represents the number of miles driven before the tyres on a van are replaced. \(X\) is Normally distributed with mean 27500 and standard deviation 4000.
- Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 25000 )\).
- 10 vans in the fleet are selected at random. Find the probability that the tyres on exactly 7 of them last for more than 25000 miles.
- The tyres of \(99 \%\) of vans last for more than \(k\) miles. Find the value of \(k\).
A tyre supplier claims that a different type of tyre will have a greater mean lifetime. A random sample of 15 vans is fitted with these tyres. For each van, the number of miles driven before the tyres are replaced is recorded. A hypothesis test is carried out to investigate the claim. You may assume that these lifetimes are also Normally distributed with standard deviation 4000.
- Write down suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
- For the 15 vans, it is found that the mean lifetime of the tyres is 28630 miles. Carry out the test at the \(5 \%\) level.