AQA S3 2014 June — Question 2 6 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2014
SessionJune
Marks6
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypePooled variance estimation

2 Each household within a district council's area has two types of wheelie-bin: a black one for general refuse and a green one for garden refuse. Each type of bin is emptied by the council fortnightly. The weight, in kilograms, of refuse emptied from a black bin can be modelled by the random variable \(B \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( \mu _ { B } , 0.5625 \right)\). The weight, in kilograms, of refuse emptied from a green bin can be modelled by the random variable \(G \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( \mu _ { G } , 0.9025 \right)\). The mean weight of refuse emptied from a random sample of 20 black bins was 21.35 kg . The mean weight of refuse emptied from an independent random sample of 15 green bins was 21.90 kg . Test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, the hypothesis that \(\mu _ { B } = \mu _ { G }\).
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