OCR S2 2010 June — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicApproximating Binomial to Normal Distribution
TypeNormal approximation to normal-derived binomial

3 Tennis balls are dropped from a standard height, and the height of bounce, \(H \mathrm {~cm}\), is measured. \(H\) is a random variable with the distribution \(\mathrm { N } \left( 40 , \sigma ^ { 2 } \right)\). It is given that \(\mathrm { P } ( H < 32 ) = 0.2\).
  1. Find the value of \(\sigma\).
  2. 90 tennis balls are selected at random. Use an appropriate approximation to find the probability that more than 19 have \(H < 32\).