| Exam Board | CAIE |
| Module | FP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Session | November |
| Topic | Hypothesis test of a normal distribution |
9 Experiments are conducted to test the breaking strength of each of two types of rope, \(P\) and \(Q\). A random sample of 50 ropes of type \(P\) and a random sample of 70 ropes of type \(Q\) are selected. The breaking strengths, \(p\) and \(q\), measured in appropriate units, are summarised as follows.
$$\Sigma p = 321.2 \quad \Sigma p ^ { 2 } = 2120.0 \quad \Sigma q = 475.3 \quad \Sigma q ^ { 2 } = 3310.0$$
Test, at the \(10 \%\) significance level, whether the mean breaking strengths of type \(P\) and type \(Q\) ropes are the same.