CAIE S1 2023 March — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2023
SessionMarch
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeStandard two probabilities given

6 In a cycling event the times taken to complete a course are modelled by a normal distribution with mean 62.3 minutes and standard deviation 8.4 minutes.
  1. Find the probability that a randomly chosen cyclist has a time less than 74 minutes.
  2. Find the probability that 4 randomly chosen cyclists all have times between 50 and 74 minutes.
    In a different cycling event, the times can also be modelled by a normal distribution. \(23 \%\) of the cyclists have times less than 36 minutes and \(10 \%\) of the cyclists have times greater than 54 minutes.
  3. Find estimates for the mean and standard deviation of this distribution.