AQA S2 2015 June — Question 1 4 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionJune
Marks4
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeSum of independent Poisson processes

1 In a survey of the tideline along a beach, plastic bottles were found at a constant average rate of 280 per kilometre, and drinks cans were found at a constant average rate of 220 per kilometre. It may be assumed that these objects were distributed randomly and independently. Calculate the probability that:
  1. a 10 m length of tideline along this beach contains no more than 5 plastic bottles;
  2. a 20 m length of tideline along this beach contains exactly 2 drinks cans;
  3. a 30 m length of tideline along this beach contains a total of at least 12 but fewer than 18 of these two types of object.
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