Edexcel S2 2024 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2024
SessionJanuary
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeFind p then binomial probability

  1. The length of pregnancy for a randomly selected pregnant sheep is \(D\) days where
$$D \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( 112.4 , \sigma ^ { 2 } \right)$$ Given that 5\% of pregnant sheep have a length of pregnancy of less than 108 days,
  1. find the value of \(\sigma\) Qiang selects 25 pregnant sheep at random from a large flock.
  2. Find the probability that more than 3 of these pregnant sheep have a length of pregnancy of less than 108 days. Charlie takes 200 random samples of 25 pregnant sheep.
  3. Use a Poisson approximation to estimate the probability that at least 2 of the samples have more than 3 pregnant sheep with a length of pregnancy of less than 108 days.