CAIE FP2 2011 June — Question 9

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis 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.