Edexcel S2 — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeFinding binomial parameters from properties

  1. On a production line, bags are filled with cement and weighed as they emerge. It is found that \(20 \%\) of the bags are underweight. In a random sample consisting of \(n\) bags, the variance of the number of underweight bags is found to be \(2 \cdot 4\).
    1. Show that \(n = 15\).
    2. Use cumulative binomial probability tables to find the probability that, in a further random sample of 15 bags, the number that are underweight is
      1. less than 3 ,
      2. at least 5 .
    Ten samples of 15 bags each are tested. Find the probability that
  2. all these batches contain less than 5 underweight bags,
  3. the fourth batch tested is the first to contain less than 5 underweight bags.