Edexcel S2 2014 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeMultiple periods with binomial structure

7. Flaws occur at random in a particular type of material at a mean rate of 2 per 50 m .
  1. Find the probability that in a randomly chosen 50 m length of this material there will be exactly 5 flaws. This material is sold in rolls of length 200 m . Susie buys 4 rolls of this material.
  2. Find the probability that only one of these rolls will have fewer than 7 flaws. A piece of this material of length \(x \mathrm {~m}\) is produced. Using a normal approximation, the probability that this piece of material contains fewer than 26 flaws is 0.5398
  3. Find the value of \(x\).