AQA Statistics 1 The normal distribution

Section 1: Introduction to the Normal distribution

Solutions to Exercise
1. X ~ N(144, 5)
X 144
Z
~ N(0, 1)
5

150 144
1.2
5
P( X 150) P( Z 1.2)

(i) X 150 Z

(1.2)
0.8849

=144 x=150
z=1.2
z=0

146 144
0.4
5
P( X 146) P( Z 0.4)

(ii) X 146 Z

1 P( Z 0.4)
1 (0.4)
1 0.6554
0.3446

136 144
1.6
5
P( X 136) P( Z 1.6)

x=146
z=0.4

=144
z=0

(iii) X 136 Z

P( Z 1.6)
(1.6)
0.9452

140 144
0.8
(iv) X 140 Z
5
P( X 140) P( Z 0.8)

x=136
z=-1.6

=144
z=0

1 P( Z 0.8)
1 (0.8)
1 0.7881
0.2119

x=140 =144
z=-0.8 z=0

2. X ~ N(12.7, 0.75)
X 12.7
Z
~ N(0, 1)
0.75

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12 12.7
0.93
0.75
P( X 12) P( Z 0.93)

(i) X 12

1 P( Z 0.93)
1 (0.93)
1 0.8238
0.1762

x=12
z=-0.93

=12.7
z=0

13.1 12.7
0.53
0.75
12.3 12.7
X 12.3 Z
0.53
0.75
P(12.3 X 13.1) P( 0.53 Z 0.53)

(ii) X 13.1 Z

(0.53) ( 0.53)
(0.53) 1 ( 0.53)
0.7019 1 0.7019
0.4038

13.5 12.7
1.07
0.75
12.5 12.7
X 12.5 Z
0.27
0.75
P(12.5 X 13.5 ) P( 0.27 Z 1.07)

(iii) X 13.5

(1.07) ( 0.27)
(1.07) 1 (0.27)
0.8577 1 0.6064
0.4641
3. X ~ N(2500, 30)
X 2500
Z
~ N(0, 1)
30

2520 2500
0.67
30
P( X 2520) P( Z 0.67)

(i) X 2520 Z

1 P( Z 0.67)
1 (0.67)
1 0.7486
0.2514

=2500 x=2520
z=0.67
z=0

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2470 2500
1
30
P( X 2470) P( Z 1)

(ii) X 2470 Z

1 P( Z 1)
1 (1)
1 0.8413
0.1587

x=2470 =2500
z=-1
z=0

2488 2500
0.4
30
2509 2500
X 2509 Z
0.3
30
P(2488 X 2509) P( 0.4 Z 0.3)

(iii) X 2488

(0.3) ( 0.4)
(0.3) 1 (0.4)
0.6179 1 0.6554
0.2733

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x=2488
z=-0.4

=2500
z=0

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x=2509
z=0.3