| Exam Board | CAIE |
| Module | FP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Linear combinations of normal random variables |
| Type | Sample 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.