AQA S1 2015 June — Question 2 4 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
Marks4
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeDirect comparison of probabilities

2 The length of aluminium baking foil on a roll may be modelled by a normal distribution with mean 91 metres and standard deviation 0.8 metres.
  1. Determine the probability that the length of foil on a particular roll is:
    1. less than 90 metres;
    2. not exactly 90 metres;
    3. between 91 metres and 92.5 metres.
  2. The length of cling film on a roll may also be modelled by a normal distribution but with mean 153 metres and standard deviation \(\sigma\) metres. It is required that \(1 \%\) of rolls of cling film should have a length less than 150 metres.
    Find the value of \(\sigma\) that is needed to satisfy this requirement.
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