AQA S2 2009 January — Question 3

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2009
SessionJanuary
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeTwo independent Poisson sums

3 Joe owns two garages, Acefit and Bestjob, each specialising in the fitting of the latest satellite navigation device. The daily demand, \(X\), for the device at Acefit garage may be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 3.6. The daily demand, \(Y\), for the device at Bestjob garage may be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 4.4.
  1. Calculate:
    1. \(\mathrm { P } ( X \leqslant 3 )\);
    2. \(\quad \mathrm { P } ( Y = 5 )\).
  2. The total daily demand for the device at Joe's two garages is denoted by \(T\).
    1. Write down the distribution of \(T\), stating any assumption that you make.
    2. Determine \(\mathrm { P } ( 6 < T < 12 )\).
    3. Calculate the probability that the total demand for the device will exceed 14 on each of two consecutive days. Give your answer to one significant figure.
    4. Determine the minimum number of devices that Joe should have in stock if he is to meet his total demand on at least \(99 \%\) of days.