Edexcel S3 2022 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Uniform Random Variables
TypeWaiting time applications

  1. Navtej travels to work by train. A train leaves the station every 7 minutes and Navtej's arrival at the station is independent of when the train is due to leave.
    1. Write down a suitable model for the distribution of the time, \(T\) minutes, that he has to wait for a train to leave.
    2. Find the mean and standard deviation of \(T\)
    During a 10-week period, Navtej travels to work by train on 46 occasions.
  2. Estimate the probability that the mean length of time that he has to wait for a train to leave is between 3.4 and 3.6 minutes.
  3. State a necessary assumption for the calculation in part (c).