CAIE S2 2018 November — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2018
SessionNovember
TopicCentral limit theorem
TypeFinding n from sample mean distribution

3 A population has mean 12 and standard deviation 2.5. A large random sample of size \(n\) is chosen from this population and the sample mean is denoted by \(\bar { X }\). Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( \bar { X } < 12.2 ) = 0.975\), correct to 3 significant figures, find the value of \(n\).