CAIE S2 2015 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionNovember
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TopicApproximating the Binomial to the Poisson distribution

5 On average, 1 in 2500 adults has a certain medical condition.
  1. Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that, in a random sample of 4000 people, more than 3 have this condition.
  2. In a random sample of \(n\) people, where \(n\) is large, the probability that none has the condition is less than 0.05 . Find the smallest possible value of \(n\).

5 On average, 1 in 2500 adults has a certain medical condition.\\
(i) Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that, in a random sample of 4000 people, more than 3 have this condition.\\
(ii) In a random sample of $n$ people, where $n$ is large, the probability that none has the condition is less than 0.05 . Find the smallest possible value of $n$.

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