Edexcel S2 2015 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeScaled time period probability

  1. In a survey it is found that barn owls occur randomly at a rate of 9 per \(1000 \mathrm {~km} ^ { 2 }\).
    1. Find the probability that in a randomly selected area of \(1000 \mathrm {~km} ^ { 2 }\) there are at least 10 barn owls.
    2. Find the probability that in a randomly selected area of \(200 \mathrm {~km} ^ { 2 }\) there are exactly 2 barn owls.
    3. Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that in a randomly selected area of \(50000 \mathrm {~km} ^ { 2 }\) there are at least 470 barn owls.
    4. The proportion of houses in Radville which are unable to receive digital radio is \(25 \%\). In a survey of a random sample of 30 houses taken from Radville, the number, \(X\), of houses which are unable to receive digital radio is recorded.
    5. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( 5 \leqslant X < 11 )\)
    A radio company claims that a new transmitter set up in Radville will reduce the proportion of houses which are unable to receive digital radio. After the new transmitter has been set up, a random sample of 15 houses is taken, of which 1 house is unable to receive digital radio.
  2. Test, at the \(10 \%\) level of significance, the radio company's claim. State your hypotheses clearly.