CAIE S2 2017 November — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2017
SessionNovember
TopicApproximating the Binomial to the Poisson distribution
TypeState Poisson approximation with justification

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    1. A random variable \(X\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } ( 2540,0.001 )\). Use the Poisson approximation to the binomial distribution to find \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 1 )\).
    2. Explain why the Poisson approximation is appropriate in this case.
  1. Two independent random variables, \(S\) and \(T\), have distributions \(\operatorname { Po } ( 2.1 )\) and \(\operatorname { Po } ( 3.5 )\) respectively. Find the mean and standard deviation of \(S + T\).