Edexcel S3 2015 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeSum versus sum comparison

    1. The volume, \(B \mathrm { ml }\), in a bottle of Burxton's water has a normal distribution \(B \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( 325,6 ^ { 2 } \right)\) and the volume, \(H \mathrm { ml }\), in a bottle of Hargate's water has a normal distribution \(H \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( 330,4 ^ { 2 } \right)\).
      Rebecca buys 5 bottles of Burxton's water and one bottle of Hargate's water.
      Find the probability that the total volume in the 5 bottles of Burxton's water is more than 5 times the volume in the bottle of Hargate's water.
      (5)
    2. Two independent random samples \(X _ { 1 } , X _ { 2 } , X _ { 3 } , X _ { 4 } , X _ { 5 }\) and \(Y _ { 1 } , Y _ { 2 } , Y _ { 3 } , Y _ { 4 } , Y _ { 5 }\) are each taken from a normal population with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation \(\sigma\).
      1. Find the distribution of the random variable \(D = Y _ { 1 } - \bar { X }\)
    3. Hence show that \(\mathrm { P } \left( Y _ { 1 } > \bar { X } + \sigma \right) = 0.181\) correct to 3 decimal places.
    Ankit believes that \(\mathrm { P } \left( U _ { 1 } > \bar { U } + \sigma \right) = 0.181\) correct to 3 decimal places, for any random sample \(U _ { 1 } , U _ { 2 } , U _ { 3 } , U _ { 4 } , U _ { 5 }\) taken from a normal population with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation \(\sigma\).
  1. Explain briefly why the result from part (b) should not be used to confirm Ankit's belief.
  2. Find, correct to 3 decimal places, the actual value of \(\mathrm { P } \left( U _ { 1 } > \bar { U } + \sigma \right)\).