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Edexcel S2 - January 2002 - Solutions: X X FX X X
Edexcel S2 - January 2002 - Solutions: X X FX X X
Edexcel S2 - January 2002 - Solutions: X X FX X X
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Edexcel S2 January 2002 Solutions
1a)
b)
c)
The population is the college students, and the statistic is the mean of 75%.
d)
The distribution of all possible sample means, for all samples of size 50.
2)
H 0 : = 2.5;
H1 : > 2.5
3a)
b)
P ( X < 4) = 0.1512
c)
4a)
b)
By symmetry, Mean = 7
c)
1
x
1
0 14 dt = 14 t 0 = 14
x
F ( x) = x
14
d)
x<0
0 x 14
x > 14
14
2
7
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Failures occur independently of each other, and randomly within a given time
interval at a constant average rate.
bi)
ii)
c)
d)
11.5 24
24
= P ( Z 2.55)
= 0.9946
6a)
b)
(from tables)
= 0.9984 0.1256
= 0.8728
c)
d)
H 0 : p = 0.4;
4.8 = 2.19
H1 : p > 0.4
7a)
F (2) = 4k + 4k = 8k ; as F(2) = 1; k = 1
b)
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0 x2
otherwise
d)
0.75
0.25
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e)
f)
1 x3 x 2
= +
4 3 2 0
g)
18
= + 2
43
7
=
6
mean < median < mode hence there is a negative skew.
End of Paper
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