| Exam Board | Edexcel |
| Module | S2 (Statistics 2) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Approximating Binomial to Normal Distribution |
| Type | Two-tailed hypothesis test |
5. (a) State the conditions under which the normal distribution may be used as an approximation to the binomial distribution.
A company sells seeds and claims that 55\% of its pea seeds germinate.
(b) Write down a reason why the company should not justify their claim by testing all the pea seeds they produce.
To test the company's claim, a random sample of 220 pea seeds was planted.
(c) State the hypotheses for a two-tailed test of the company's claim.
Given that 135 of the 220 pea seeds germinated,
(d) use a normal approximation to test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether or not the company’s claim is justified.