Coursework 5

Marks are awarded for a completed solution with workings and following the
method requested in the question. No marks will be awarded for solutions without any
intermediate steps.

Question 1.
a) Find the mean and standard deviation of 10, 15.8, 19.2, and 8.7 [2 marks]

b) Thirty-one people completed a jigsaw in the following times (in minutes).

11 53 72 48 48 49 39 87 73 23 120
24 61 36 66 67 86 79 65 47 36 133
78 81 70 75 53 42 42 72 144
An outlier is defined as any observation less than 𝑄1 − 1.5(𝑄3 − 𝑄1 ) or greater
than 𝑄3 + 1.5(𝑄3 − 𝑄1 ), 𝑄1 is the lower quartile and 𝑄3 is the upper quartile.
Illustrate the data with a box and whisker plot. [2 marks]

Question 2.
A study was made of a group of 150 children to determine which of three cartoons they
watch on television. The following results were obtained:

35 watch Pokemon
54 watch Arthur
62 watch Danger Mouse
9 watch Pokemon and Arthur
14 watch Arthur and Danger Mouse
12 watch Pokemon and Danger Mouse
4 watch Pokemon, Arthur, and Danger Mouse

a) Draw a Venn diagram to represent these data. [1 mark]

b) Find the probability that a randomly selected child from the study watches none of [1 mark]
the three cartoons.

Question 3.
a) There are three groups of people, a red team of ten men and ten women, a blue
team of seven men and three women, and a yellow team of four men and six
women. The probabilities of selecting a red, blue, or yellow team are respectively
0.4, 0.4, and 0.2.

Draw a tree diagram to represent this information. [1 mark]

b) Calculate the probability of selecting a woman. [1 mark]

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Question 4.
The probability that a machine will need correcting adjustments during a day’s
production run is 0.2. If there are six of these machines running on a particular day,
find the probability that more than two machines need correcting. [2 marks]

Total = 10 marks.

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