CAIE S2 2010 June — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeSingle normal population sample mean

3 Metal bolts are produced in large numbers and have lengths which are normally distributed with mean 2.62 cm and standard deviation 0.30 cm .
  1. Find the probability that a random sample of 45 bolts will have a mean length of more than 2.55 cm .
  2. The machine making these bolts is given an annual service. This may change the mean length of bolts produced but does not change the standard deviation. To test whether the mean has changed, a random sample of 30 bolts is taken and their lengths noted. The sample mean length is \(m \mathrm {~cm}\). Find the set of values of \(m\) which result in rejection at the \(10 \%\) significance level of the hypothesis that no change in the mean length has occurred.