CAIE S2 2002 November — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2002
SessionNovember
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeFixed container with random contents

7 Bottles of wine are stacked in racks of 12. The weights of these bottles are normally distributed with mean 1.3 kg and standard deviation 0.06 kg . The weights of the empty racks are normally distributed with mean 2 kg and standard deviation 0.3 kg .
  1. Find the probability that the total weight of a full rack of 12 bottles of wine is between 17 kg and 18 kg .
  2. Two bottles of wine are chosen at random. Find the probability that they differ in weight by more than 0.05 kg .