CAIE S1 2020 March — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2020
SessionMarch
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeMultiple probability calculations

3 The weights of apples of a certain variety are normally distributed with mean 82 grams. \(22 \%\) of these apples have a weight greater than 87 grams.
  1. Find the standard deviation of the weights of these apples.
  2. Find the probability that the weight of a randomly chosen apple of this variety differs from the mean weight by less than 4 grams.