Edexcel S1 2005 January — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2005
SessionJanuary
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeSymmetric properties of normal

7. The random variable \(X\) is normally distributed with mean 79 and variance 144 . Find
  1. \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 70 )\),
  2. \(\mathrm { P } ( 64 < X < 96 )\). It is known that \(\mathrm { P } ( 79 - a \leq X \leq 79 + b ) = 0.6463\). This information is shown in the figure below.
    \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{df898ff4-c3ef-400c-b4f7-f4df3757941d-6_581_983_818_590} Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X \geq 79 + b ) = 2 \mathrm { P } ( X \leq 79 - a )\),
  3. show that the area of the shaded region is 0.1179 .
  4. Find the value of \(b\).