Edexcel FS2 2019 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFS2 (Further Statistics 2)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeDirect comparison of two variables

7 A manufacturer makes two versions of a toy. One version is made out of wood and the other is made out of plastic. The weights, \(W \mathrm {~kg}\), of the wooden toys are normally distributed with mean 2.5 kg and standard deviation 0.7 kg . The weights, \(X \mathrm {~kg}\), of the plastic toys are normally distributed with mean 1.27 kg and standard deviation 0.4 kg . The random variables \(W\) and \(X\) are independent.
  1. Find the probability that the weight of a randomly chosen wooden toy is more than double the weight of a randomly chosen plastic toy. The manufacturer packs \(n\) of these wooden toys and \(2 n\) of these plastic toys into the same container. The maximum weight the container can hold is 252 kg . The probability of the contents of this container being overweight is 0.2119 to 4 decimal places.
  2. Calculate the value of \(n\).