| Exam Board | CAIE |
| Module | FP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Session | June |
| Marks | 10 |
| Topic | Hypothesis test of a normal distribution |
9 Two fish farmers \(X\) and \(Y\) produce a particular type of fish. Farmer \(X\) chooses a random sample of 8 of his fish and records the masses, \(x \mathrm {~kg}\), as follows.
$$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l }
1.2 & 1.4 & 0.8 & 2.1 & 1.8 & 2.6 & 1.5 & 2.0
\end{array}$$
Farmer \(Y\) chooses a random sample of 10 of his fish and summarises the masses, \(y \mathrm {~kg}\), as follows.
$$\Sigma y = 20.2 \quad \Sigma y ^ { 2 } = 44.6$$
You should assume that both distributions are normal with equal variances. Test at the \(10 \%\) significance level whether the mean mass of fish produced by farmer \(X\) differs from the mean mass of fish produced by farmer \(Y\).
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