Edexcel FS2 2023 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFS2 (Further Statistics 2)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

  1. Camilo grows two types of apple, green apples and red apples.
The standard deviation of the weights of green apples is known to be 3.5 grams.
A random sample of 80 green apples has a mean weight of 128 grams.
  1. Find a 98\% confidence interval for the mean weight of the population of green apples. Show your working clearly and give the confidence interval limits to 2 decimal places. Camilo believes that the mean weight of the population of green apples is more than 10 grams greater than the mean weight of the population of red apples. A random sample of \(n\) red apples has a mean weight of 117 grams.
    The standard deviation of the weights of the red apples is known to be 4 grams.
    A test of Camilo's belief is carried out at the 5\% level of significance.
  2. State the null and alternative hypotheses for this test.
  3. Find the smallest value of \(n\) for which the null hypothesis will be rejected.
  4. Explain the relevance of the Central Limit Theorem in parts (a) and (c).
  5. Given that \(n = 85\), state the conclusion of the hypothesis test.