CAIE S1 2023 June — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeExpected frequency with unknown parameter

4 A mathematical puzzle is given to a large number of students. The times taken to complete the puzzle are normally distributed with mean 14.6 minutes and standard deviation 5.2 minutes.
  1. In a random sample of 250 of the students, how many would you expect to have taken more than 20 minutes to complete the puzzle?
    All the students are given a second puzzle to complete. Their times, in minutes, are normally distributed with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation \(\sigma\). It is found that \(20 \%\) of the students have times less than 14.5 minutes and \(67 \%\) of the students have times greater than 18.5 minutes.
  2. Find the value of \(\mu\) and the value of \(\sigma\).