CAIE S2 2020 November — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2020
SessionNovember
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeDirect comparison of two variables

3 The masses, in kilograms, of female and male animals of a certain species have the distributions \(\mathrm { N } \left( 102,27 ^ { 2 } \right)\) and \(\mathrm { N } \left( 170,55 ^ { 2 } \right)\) respectively. Find the probability that a randomly chosen female has a mass that is less than half the mass of a randomly chosen male.
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