CAIE FP2 2017 November — Question 10

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2017
SessionNovember
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeTwo-sample t-test (unknown variances)

10 A factory produces bottles of an energy juice. Two different machines are used to fill empty bottles with the juice. The manager chooses a random sample of 50 bottles filled by machine \(X\) and a random sample of 60 bottles filled by machine \(Y\). The volumes of juice, \(x\) and \(y\) respectively, measured in appropriate units, are summarised by $$\Sigma x = 45.5 , \quad \Sigma ( x - \bar { x } ) ^ { 2 } = 19.56 , \quad \Sigma y = 72.3 , \quad \Sigma ( y - \bar { y } ) ^ { 2 } = 30.25$$ where \(\bar { x }\) and \(\bar { y }\) are the sample means of the volume of juice in the bottles filled by \(X\) and \(Y\) respectively.
  1. Find a 90\% confidence interval for the difference between the mean volume of juice in bottles filled by machine \(X\) and the mean volume of juice in bottles filled by machine \(Y\).
    A test at the \(\alpha \%\) significance level does not provide evidence that there is any difference in the means of the volume of juice in bottles filled by machine \(X\) and the volume of juice in bottles filled by machine \(Y\).
  2. Find the set of possible values of \(\alpha\).