Edexcel S2 2016 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeExpected value and most likely value

7. Last year \(4 \%\) of cars tested in a large chain of garages failed an emissions test. A random sample of \(n\) of these cars is taken. The number of cars that fail the test is represented by \(X\) Given that the standard deviation of \(X\) is 1.44
    1. find the value of \(n\)
    2. find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) A random sample of 20 of the cars tested is taken.
  1. Find the probability that all of these cars passed the emissions test. Given that at least 1 of these cars failed the emissions test,
  2. find the probability that exactly 3 of these cars failed the emissions test. A car mechanic claims that more than \(4 \%\) of the cars tested at the garage chain this year are failing the emissions test. A random sample of 125 of these cars is taken and 10 of these cars fail the emissions test.
  3. Using a suitable approximation, test whether or not there is evidence to support the mechanic's claim. Use a \(5 \%\) level of significance and state your hypotheses clearly.