CAIE S2 2021 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2021
SessionJune
TopicApproximating the Binomial to the Poisson distribution
TypeCalculate variance of linear transformation

2 The random variable \(X\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } ( 400,0.01 )\).
  1. Find \(\operatorname { Var } ( 4 X + 2 )\).
    1. State an appropriate approximating distribution for \(X\), giving the values of any parameters. Justify your choice of approximating distribution.
    2. Use your approximating distribution to find \(\mathrm { P } ( 2 \leqslant X \leqslant 5 )\).