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Instructions to candidates:

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

Answer all questions in Section A and any one question in Section B .

All necessary working must be shown clearly.

Non-exact numerical answers may be given correct to three significant figures, or one
decimal place in the case of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified
in the question.

Scientific calculators may be used. Programmable and graphic display calculators are
prohibited.

A list of mathematical formulae is provided.

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Section A [ 45 marks ]
Answer all questions in this section .

1 The following table shows the speeds of 100 cars that pass a highway during a certain
time period.

60 – 70 –
Speed (km/h) 55 – 59 65 – 69 75 – 79 80 – 84
64 74
Number of cars 5 30 34 19 7 5

a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation for this distribution. [5]

b) Construct a cumulative frequency curve. [2]

Hence, estimate graphically
(i) The number of cars with speeds less than 76 km/h. [1]
(ii) The value of v if the speed of 25% of the cars is at least v km/h. [1]

2 A sample of 300 adults were asked whether they have ever done shopping
online. The following table displayed the responses.

Online Shopping
Yes No
Male 90 120
Female 40 50

a) If an adult is chosen randomly from these 300 adults, find the probability that the adult
i) has done shopping online [1]
ii) has done shopping online, given that this adult is a male [3]

b) Are the events having done online shopping and female adult mutually exclusive? [2]

c) Are the events male adult and never done shopping online independent? [2]

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3 The continuous random variable X is the distance measured in hundreds of

kilometers, that a particular car will travel on a full tank of petrol. It is given that

{
0 , x≤3
P( X≤ x )= ax −8 ax+b , 3≤x ≤4
2

1 , x ≥4

where a and b are constants.

a) Show that a = -1 and determine the value of b . [4]

b) Calculate the probability that a particular car will travel at least three hundred and fifty
kilometers on a full tank of petrol. [3]

4 A survey carried out by the counseling unit of a school shows that 120 out of 500
students go for tuition class after school .

a) Obtain a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of students who go for tuition class
in the school. Explain what can be interpreted from this estimation [5]

b) Determine the smallest sample size required so that the estimated error does not exceed
0.04 at the 90% confidence level. [4]

5 A random sample of 40 batteries produced by a company is found to have a mean lifespan

of 17 months and standard deviation of lifespan of 4 months. Determine, at 5 % significance
level, whether the mean lifespan of the batteries produced by the company is less than 18
months. [5]

6 In experiments in pea breading Gregor Mendel obtained the following data relating to
556 peas.

Wrinkle Wrinkled and

Round and Yellow Round and Green
and Yellow Green
315 101 108 32

According to Mendel’s theoretical results, the expected figures are in the ratio 9 : 3 : 3 : 1.
Calculate the value of χ 2 for these data on the assumption that the theory is correct. Test at
the 10% significance level whether the theory is contradicted. [7]

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Section B [ 15 marks ]
Answer any one question in this section .

7 From past records, it is known that 3% of the total sum of an item produced
in factory XYZ are defective.

a) A random sample of ten items are chosen. Find the probability that at most two
items are defective. [4]

b) Determine the maximum number of these items should be packed in a box such that the
probability of at least one defective item is not more than 99%? [6]

c) An independent random sample of 200 items are collected. Using an

appropriate approximation, determine the probability that at most four items or at least
seven items are defective. [5]

8 The table shows the number of occasions in a year on which 100 patients had to
consult the doctor.

Number of times 0 1 2 3 4 5
Number of patients 3
48 15 3 1 1
2

a) Show that the mean for the number of times a person has to consult the doctor is 0.8. [1]

b) Calculate the Poisson frequencies corresponding to this mean. [4]

c) Calculate the probability that someone has to consult their doctor more than thrice in a
period of four years. [3]

d) Determine whether the observed sample show the Poisson distribution is an appropriate
model at 5% significance level. [7]

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Ms. Woon Siew Wearn Mr. Lim Chin Liang Pn. Hajah Hamidah Bt. Ahmad
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