Edexcel S1 2005 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2005
SessionJune
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeMultiple probability calculations

  1. A scientist found that the time taken, \(M\) minutes, to carry out an experiment can be modelled by a normal random variable with mean 155 minutes and standard deviation 3.5 minutes.
Find
  1. \(\mathrm { P } ( M > 160 )\).
  2. \(\mathrm { P } ( 150 \leqslant M \leqslant 157 )\).
  3. the value of \(m\), to 1 decimal place, such that \(\mathrm { P } ( M \leqslant m ) = 0.30\).