OCR Stats 1 2018 December — Question 15

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleStats 1 (Statistics 1)
Year2018
SessionDecember
TopicApproximating Binomial to Normal Distribution
TypeJustify normal approximation

15 A fair dice is thrown 1000 times and the number, \(X\), of throws on which the score is 6 is noted.
    1. State the distribution of \(X\).
    2. Explain why a normal distribution would be an appropriate approximation to the distribution of \(X\).
  1. Use a normal distribution to find two positive integer values, \(a\) and \(b\), such that \(\mathrm { P } ( a < X < b ) \approx 0.4\).
  2. For your two values of \(a\) and \(b\), use the distribution of part (a)(i) to find the value of \(\mathrm { P } ( a < X < b )\), correct to 3 significant figures. \section*{OCR} Oxford Cambridge and RSA