AQA AS Paper 2 2022 June — Question 16

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypePerform one-tailed hypothesis test

16 It is believed that a coin is biased so that the probability of obtaining a head when the coin is tossed is 0.7 16
  1. Assume that the probability of obtaining a head when the coin is tossed is indeed 0.7
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    1. Find the probability of obtaining exactly 6 heads from 7 tosses of the coin.
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  2. (ii) Find the mean number of heads obtained from 7 tosses of the coin.
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  3. Harry believes that the probability of obtaining a head for this coin is actually greater than 0.7 To test this belief he tosses the coin 35 times and obtains 28 heads. Carry out a hypothesis test at the \(10 \%\) significance level to investigate Harry's belief.
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