CAIE S2 2012 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeTwo or more different variables

5 Fiona and Jhoti each take one shower per day. The times, in minutes, taken by Fiona and Jhoti to take a shower are represented by the independent variables \(F \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( 12.2,2.8 ^ { 2 } \right)\) and \(J \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( 11.8,2.6 ^ { 2 } \right)\) respectively. Find the probability that, on a randomly chosen day,
  1. the total time taken to shower by Fiona and Jhoti is less than 30 minutes,
  2. Fiona takes at least twice as long as Jhoti to take a shower.