AQA Further AS Paper 2 Statistics Specimen — Question 4 3 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFurther AS Paper 2 Statistics (Further AS Paper 2 Statistics)
SessionSpecimen
Marks3
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeTwo independent Poisson sums

4 The number of printers, \(V\), bought during one day from the Verigood store can be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 4.5 The number of printers, \(W\), bought during one day from the Winnerprint store can be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 5.5 4
  1. Find the probability that the total number of printers bought during one day from Verigood and Winnerprint stores is greater than 10.
    [0pt] [2 marks] 4
  2. State the circumstance under which the distributional model you used in part (a) would not be valid.
    [0pt] [1 mark]