Edexcel S1 2006 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeStandard two probabilities given

5. From experience a high-jumper knows that he can clear a height of at least 1.78 m once in 5 attempts. He also knows that he can clear a height of at least 1.65 m on 7 out of 10 attempts. Assuming that the heights the high-jumper can reach follow a Normal distribution,
  1. draw a sketch to illustrate the above information,
  2. find, to 3 decimal places, the mean and the standard deviation of the heights the high-jumper can reach,
  3. calculate the probability that he can jump at least 1.74 m .