AQA S1 2010 June — Question 3

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeIndependent events across days/trials

3 Each day, Margot completes the crossword in her local morning newspaper. Her completion times, \(X\) minutes, can be modelled by a normal random variable with a mean of 65 and a standard deviation of 20 .
  1. Determine:
    1. \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 90 )\);
    2. \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 60 )\).
  2. Given that Margot's completion times are independent from day to day, determine the probability that, during a particular period of 6 days:
    1. she completes one of the six crosswords in exactly 60 minutes;
    2. she completes each crossword in less than 60 minutes;
    3. her mean completion time is less than 60 minutes.
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