TUTORIAL WEEK 12

QUESTION 9

Packets of ABC biscuits are filled by a machine. However, it is found that 35% of the
packets are underweight. Using suitable approximation, determine the probability that in
a random sample of 60 packets, less than 15 packets are underweight.

QUESTION 10

It is observed that 500 customers arrive at Ani’s Bakery in a day. 20% of them will buy
brownies. Assume that individual customers make their purchases independently. Using
an appropriate approximation, what is the probability that more than 110 customers buy
brownies?

QUESTION 12

MY Bank customers arrive randomly on weekday afternoons at an average of 5

customers every 5 minutes. Using an approximation method, what is the probability of
getting less than 12 customers arriving in a 25-minute interval on a weekday afternoon?

QUESTION 15 FEBRUARY 2023 (QUESTION 8)

The number of emails received by a person follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of
0.08 emails per minute. By using an appropriate approximation, find the probability that
the person will receive at most twenty-five emails in six hours.