AQA Paper 3 2024 June — Question 15 7 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2024
SessionJune
Marks7
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeProbability of range of values

15 It is given that $$X \sim \mathrm {~B} ( 48,0.175 )$$ 15
  1. Find the mean of \(X\)
    [0pt] [1 mark] 15
  2. Show that the variance of \(X\) is 6.93
    [0pt] [1 mark] 15
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 10 )\)
    [0pt] [1 mark] 15
  4. \(\quad\) Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X \geq 6 )\)
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    15
  5. \(\quad\) Find \(\mathrm { P } ( 9 \leq X \leq 15 )\)
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    15
  6. The aeroplanes used on a particular route have 48 seats. The proportion of passengers who use this route to travel for business is known to be 17.5\% Make two comments on whether it would be appropriate to use \(X\) to model the number of passengers on an aeroplane who are travelling for business using this route.