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Form 4: Chapter 19 (Probability Distributions) SPM Practice Fully Worked Solutions
Form 4: Chapter 19 (Probability Distributions) SPM Practice Fully Worked Solutions
SPM Practice
Fully Worked Solutions
Paper 1
1
0.2580
0.2420
0.1151
1.2
P(X = 5)
= 7C5(0.6)5 (0.4)2
= 0.2613
0.52
m = 0.52
6 X Number of shots that strike the bulls-eye
1
X ~ B 10,
5
0.3696
0
0.333
4 X Volume, in m,
X ~ N(650, 252)
15 45
2
= 0.3020
1
(b) P(X = n) =
625
1 n 4 0
1
n
Cn
=
5 5
625
1 n
1
(1)
(1) =
5
625
1 n 1 4
=
5
5
n=4
2
5
X 650 2
=
5
25
X 650 = 10
X = 660
(a)
Z=
7 (a)
Z=
Xm
s
70 65
8
= 0.625
(b)
0.8643
0.0668
0.0228
0.1357
1.5
1.1
= 1 0.0228 0.0668
= 0.9104
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Paper 2
(ii) P(X 3)
= 1 P(X = 0) P(X = 1) P(X = 2)
= 1 8C0(0.8)0 (0.2)8 8C1(0.8)1(0.2)7
8C2(0.8)2(0.2)6
= 0.9988
= 1 0.01680 0.08958
= 0.8936
0.1587
(ii)
P(X > m) = 8%
m 52
P Z >
= 0.08
12
0.08
0.1216
0.2025
1.406
1.167
0.833
m 52
= 1.406
12
m = 68.872
= 1 Q(1.167) Q(0.833)
= 1 0.1216 0.2025
= 0.6759
= 0.04668
= 0.0113
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(c)
1.5
m 1.3
= 1.5
0.2
m = 1.0
0.00621
0.3
4 X Mass of a pineapple, in kg
X ~ N(1.3, 0.22)
0.3085
(b) P(grade B)
= P(1.2 < X < 1.4)
1.2 1.3
1.4 1.3
<Z<
=P
0.2
0.2
= P( 0.5 < Z < 0.5)
= 1 0.3085 0.3085
= 0.383
0.5
0.1587
0.0808
1
0.5
1.4
0.3085
0.3085
v 1000
= 0.524
20
v = 989.52 m,
= 0.9895 ,
15 45 = 0.1762
0.524
(a) P(grade A)
= P(X > 1.4)
1.4 1.3
=P Z>
0.2
= P(Z > 0.5)
= 0.3085
0.9332
0.0668
2.5
(ii)
0.5
0.0202
2.05
(ii)
348
(ii)
P(X > m) =
400
m 350
P Z >
= 0.87
40
0.13
0.87
0.12
1.175
1.127
m 60
= 1.175
10
m = 72
m 350
= 1.127
40
m = 304.92
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