Edexcel S2 2012 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypePoisson with binomial combination

4. The number of houses sold by an estate agent follows a Poisson distribution, with a mean of 2 per week.
  1. Find the probability that in the next 4 weeks the estate agent sells,
    1. exactly 3 houses,
    2. more than 5 houses. The estate agent monitors sales in periods of 4 weeks.
  2. Find the probability that in the next twelve of these 4 week periods there are exactly nine periods in which more than 5 houses are sold. The estate agent will receive a bonus if he sells more than 25 houses in the next 10 weeks.
  3. Use a suitable approximation to estimate the probability that the estate agent receives a bonus.