CAIE S1 2015 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicApproximating Binomial to Normal Distribution
TypeCombined binomial and normal events

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  1. In a certain country, \(68 \%\) of households have a printer. Find the probability that, in a random sample of 8 households, 5, 6 or 7 households have a printer.
  2. Use an approximation to find the probability that, in a random sample of 500 households, more than 337 households have a printer.
  3. Justify your use of the approximation in part (ii).