CAIE S1 2006 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2006
SessionNovember
TopicNormal Distribution
TypeExpected frequency with unknown parameter

5
  1. Give an example of a variable in real life which could be modelled by a normal distribution.
  2. The random variable \(X\) is normally distributed with mean \(\mu\) and variance 21.0. Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 10.0 ) = 0.7389\), find the value of \(\mu\).
  3. If 300 observations are taken at random from the distribution in part (ii), estimate how many of these would be greater than 22.0.