CAIE FP2 2010 June — Question 11 OR

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeSample size determination

Aram is a packer at a supermarket checkout and the time he takes to pack a randomly chosen item has mean 1.5 s and standard deviation 0.4 s . Justifying any approximation that you make, find the probability that Aram will pack 50 randomly chosen items in less than 70 s . Find the greatest number of items that Aram could pack within 70 s with probability at least \(90 \%\). Huldu is also a packer at the supermarket. The time that she takes to pack a randomly chosen item has mean 1.3 s and standard deviation 0.5 s . Aram and Huldu each have 50 items to pack. Find the probability that Huldu takes a shorter time than Aram.