Edexcel S3 2013 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeComparison involving sums or multiples

  1. Blumen is a perfume sold in bottles. The amount of perfume in each bottle is normally distributed. The amount of perfume in a large bottle has mean 50 ml and standard deviation 5 ml . The amount of perfume in a small bottle has mean 15 ml and standard deviation 3 ml .
One large and 3 small bottles of Blumen are chosen at random.
  1. Find the probability that the amount in the large bottle is less than the total amount in the 3 small bottles. A large bottle and a small bottle of Blumen are chosen at random.
  2. Find the probability that the large bottle contains more than 3 times the amount in the small bottle.