CAIE S2 2013 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeConditional or competitive scenarios

4 Goals scored by Femchester United occur at random with a constant average of 1.2 goals per match. Goals scored against Femchester United occur independently and at random with a constant average of 0.9 goals per match.
  1. Find the probability that in a randomly chosen match involving Femchester,
    (a) a total of 3 goals are scored,
    (b) a total of 3 goals are scored and Femchester wins. The manager promises the Femchester players a bonus if they score at least 35 goals in the next 25 matches.
  2. Find the probability that the players receive the bonus.