Edexcel S1 — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicNormal Distribution
TypePercentages or proportions given

4. The heights of the students at a university are assumed to follow a normal distribution. \(1 \%\) of the students are over 200 cm tall and 76\% are between 165 cm and 200 cm tall. Find
  1. the mean and the variance of the distribution,
  2. the percentage of the students who are under 158 cm tall.
  3. Comment briefly on the suitability of a normal distribution to model such a population. \section*{STATISTICS 1 (A) TEST PAPER 3 Page 2}