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CONFIDENTIAL
*21. A discrete random variable
 X 
has a probability distribution as shown in the tablebelow.
 X 
=
 x
0
m
2 3P(
 X 
=
 x
) 0.1 2
n
0.3 0.2(a) Find the value of 
n
.[1
mark 
](b) Given that
( )
1 6
 E X .
=
, find the value of 
m
.[1
mark 
](c) Given that
1 2
Y X
+
where
 X 
1
and
 X 
2
( )
 E
are independent random variables of 
 X 
,find .[2
marks
]2. The mean height of 100 students selected randomly in a college was found to be150 cm with a standard deviation of 5 cm.(a) Estimate the mean and standard deviation of the mean height of all the students inthe college.[3
marks
](b) Estimate the standard error of the mean height of the students.[2
marks
]3. The demand for tiger prawns in Malaysia depends on the price.Price per kg (RM) 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20Sales ( ‘000kg ) 10 12 15 19 27 37 44 59Calculate the Pearson’s correlation coefficient. [5
marks
]
 
4. The number of laptop computers that are sold in a week by 16 representatives in atown is as follows:6 10 9 59 22 14 25 26 11 27 50 27 37 38 19 38(a) Draw a stemplot to represent the above data.[3
marks
](b) Hence, find the median and the semi-inter quartile range of this distribution.[4
marks
]
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*35. The following table shows the number of digital camera sold in a departmentalstore for the year 2007 and 2008.Type of digital camera2007 2008Price(RM) Quantity Price(RM) Quantity
 A
350 53 450 81
 B
500 36 550 75
800 35 900 42
 D
1200 60 1500 50By using 2007 as the base year,(a) calculate the average of relative quantity index of digital cameras
 A, B, C 
and
 D
for the year 2008.[3
marks
](b) calculate the Paasche price index for the year 2008 and explain your answer.[3
marks
]6. Events
 A
and
 B
are such that
( )
13
PA
=
,
( )
3|4
P B A
=
,
( )
1'4
P A B
=
 Find(a)
( )
PAB
,(b)
( )
P B
,Determine whether events
 A
and
 B
are independent. Give reasons for your answer.[7
marks
]7. The relationship between two variables
 x
and
 y
are found to be as the following:
 x
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
 y
2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.4(a) Plot the scatter diagram for the above data and state the relationship between
 x
and
 y
.[3
marks
](b) Find the equation of the regression line of 
 y
on
 x
in the form of 
 y
=
a
+
bx
,where
a
and
b
are expressed correct to two decimal places. Draw the graph of theregression line on your scatter diagram.[7
marks
]
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*48. The following table shows the activities for a project and their preceding activities andduration.Activity Preceding Activities Duration (days)
 A -
3
 B -
3
C -
7
 D A
1
 E D,J 
2
F B
2
G
1
 H E,F,G
1
 J B
1(a) Draw an activity network for the project showing the earliest start time and thelatest start time for each activity.[6
marks
](b) State the critical path and the minimum completion time.[2
mark 
]9. The table below shows the duration in minutes of 160 telephone calls made in onemonth by a trading company.(a) Calculate the mean call duration by the trading company.[2
marks
](b) Plot the cumulative frequency curve for the grouped data above.Hence, estimate the median for the durations of the telephone calls.[4
marks
](c) Describe the skewness of the distribution.[2
mark 
s]Duration (minutes) Frequency0.0 2.9 123.0 5.9 336.0 8.9 459.0-11.9 3812.0-14.9 1915.0-17.9 718.0-20.9 6
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