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1. Vehicle breakdowns are equally likely to occur at any point on a 10 km stretch of a given expressway. An emergency
recovery truck is stationed at one end of this stretch of expressway. Assume that the recovery truck travels at a
constant speed of 60 km/hour.

What is the expected (i.e., average) time taken for the recovery truck to reach a vehicle that breaks down on this
stretch of expressway?

2.5 min

5 min

2.887 min

7.5 min

Response Rationale
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No rationale provided.
2. In a given basket of durians, suppose that the weight of each durian follows a Normal distribution with mean 1.5kg
and standard deviation 0.2kg. What is the probability that two durians from that basket have a combined weight of
more than 3.2kg?

0.48

0.24

0.56

Hard to tell

Response Rationale
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No rationale provided.

3. Suppose the total distance travelled by a car (in thousands of kilometres) before it would need to be scrapped is an
exponential random variable with parameter 1/200. Smith has a used car that he claims has been driven only 100,000
kilometres.

If Susan purchases the car, what is the probability that she would get at least 200,000 additional kilometres out of it?

0.368

0.379

0.453

0.333

Response Rationale
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No rationale provided.
 A random variable X follows normal distribution with mean = 5 and standard deviation = 2.
4.
What is P(X<5) and P(X=5)?

P(X<5) = 0.5 and Pr(X=5) = 0

P(X<5) = 0.499 and Pr(X=5) = 0.199

P(X<5) = 0.499 and Pr(X=5) = 0

P(X<5) = 0.5 and Pr(X=5) = 0.199

Response Rationale
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No rationale provided.

5. Let X be a normally-distributed random variable with mean 0 and variance 16. Find the number a such that P(-a < X <
a) = 0.86.

23.613

7.953

5.903

4.781

Response Rationale
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No rationale provided.