Edexcel S1 2008 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeIndependent events across days/trials

7. A packing plant fills bags with cement. The weight \(X \mathrm {~kg}\) of a bag of cement can be modelled by a normal distribution with mean 50 kg and standard deviation 2 kg .
  1. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 53 )\).
  2. Find the weight that is exceeded by \(99 \%\) of the bags. Three bags are selected at random.
  3. Find the probability that two weigh more than 53 kg and one weighs less than 53 kg .