AQA S1 2015 June — Question 6 4 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
Marks4
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeProbability of range of values

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  1. In a particular country, 35 per cent of the population is estimated to have at least one mobile phone. A sample of 40 people is selected from the population.
    Use the distribution \(\mathrm { B } ( 40,0.35 )\) to estimate the probability that the number of people in the sample that have at least one mobile phone is:
    1. at most 15 ;
    2. more than 10 ;
    3. more than 12 but fewer than 18 ;
    4. exactly equal to the mean of the distribution.
  2. In the same country, 70 per cent of households have a landline telephone connection. A sample of 50 households is selected from all households in the country.
    Stating a necessary condition regarding this selection, estimate the probability that fewer than 30 households have a landline telephone connection.
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