Edexcel S2 — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
TopicApproximating Binomial to Normal Distribution
TypeSingle probability inequality

4. A random variable \(X\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } ( 80,0.375 )\).
  1. Write down the mean and variance of \(X\).
  2. Use the Normal approximation to the binomial distribution to estimate \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 40 )\).