| Exam Board | CAIE |
| Module | FP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Hypothesis test of a normal distribution |
9 Mr Lee asserts that boys are slower than girls at completing a particular mathematical puzzle. In order to test his assertion, a random sample of 40 boys and a random sample of 60 girls are selected from a large group of students who attempted the puzzle. The times taken by the boys, \(b\) minutes, and the times taken by the girls, \(g\) minutes, are summarised as follows.
$$\Sigma b = 92.0 \quad \Sigma b ^ { 2 } = 216.5 \quad \Sigma g = 129.8 \quad \Sigma g ^ { 2 } = 288.8$$
Test at the \(2.5 \%\) significance level whether this evidence supports Mr Lee's assertion.