Edexcel FS1 Specimen — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFS1 (Further Statistics 1)
SessionSpecimen
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypePoisson hypothesis test

  1. Bacteria are randomly distributed in a river at a rate of 5 per litre of water. A new factory opens and a scientist claims it is polluting the river with bacteria. He takes a sample of 0.5 litres of water from the river near the factory and finds that it contains 7 bacteria. Stating your hypotheses clearly test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether there is evidence that the level of pollution has increased.
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