Edexcel S2 2002 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2002
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeMultiple periods with binomial structure

6. From past records, a manufacturer of twine knows that faults occur in the twine at random and at a rate of 1.5 per 25 m .
  1. Find the probability that in a randomly chosen 25 m length of twine there will be exactly 4 faults. The twine is usually sold in balls of length 100 m . A customer buys three balls of twine.
  2. Find the probability that only one of them will have fewer than 6 faults. As a special order a ball of twine containing 500 m is produced.
  3. Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that it will contain between 23 and 33 faults inclusive.
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