OCR MEI Further Statistics B AS 2021 November — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Statistics B AS (Further Statistics B AS)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeSingle normal population sample mean

5 A food company makes mini apple pies. The weight of pastry in a pie is Normally distributed with mean 75 g and standard deviation 4 g . The weight of filling in a pie is Normally distributed with mean 130 g and standard deviation 8 g . You should assume that the weights of pastry and filling in a pie are independent.
  1. Find the probability that the weight of pastry in a randomly chosen pie is between 70 g and 80 g .
  2. Find the probability that the mean weight of filling in 10 randomly chosen pies is at least 125 g. The pies are sold in packs of 4 . The weight of the packaging is Normally distributed with mean 165 g and standard deviation 6 g .
  3. In order to find the probability that the total weight of a pack of 4 pies is less than 1 kg , you must assume that the weight of the packaging is independent of the weight of the pies.
    1. State another necessary assumption.
    2. Given that the assumptions are valid, calculate this probability.