2020-3-JOH-MUAR

Section A [45 marks]Answer all questions in this section.

1. The following back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows tha annual salaries of a group of 39
females and 39 males.
Females Males
5 2 0 0 20 3
9 8 8 7 6 4 0 0 0 21 0 0 7
8 7 5 3 3 1 0 0 22 0 0 4 5 6 6
6 4 2 1 0 0 23 0 0 2 3 3 5 6 7 7
7 5 4 0 0 0 24 0 1 1 2 5 5 6 8 8 9
9 5 0 0 25 3 4 5 7 7 8 9
5 0 26 0 4 6
Key: 4|20 means RM20 400 Key: 20|3 means RM20 300

a) Find the median and the quartiles of the females’ salaries. [2 marks]

You are given that the median salary of the males is RM24 000, the lower quartile is RM22 600 and
the upper quartile is RM25 300.
b) Draw a pair of box-and-whisker plots in a single diagram on the graph paper to represent the data.
[3 marks]

2. Bag A contains 4 balls numbered 2, 4, 5, 8. Bag B contains 5 balls numbered 1, 3, 6, 8, 8. Bag C

contains 7 balls numbered 2, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9. One ball is selected at random from each bag.
－ Event X is “exactly two of the selected balls have the same number”.
－ Event Y is “the ball selected from bag A has number 4.”
a) Find P(X). [5 marks]
b) Find P(X Ç Y) and hence determine whether or not events X and Y are independent. [3 marks]
c) Find the probability that two balls are numbered 2, given that exactly two of the selected balls have
the same number. [2 marks]

3. A book club sends 6 paperback and 2 hardback books to Mrs. Tan. She chooses 4 of these books at
random to take with her on holiday. The random variable X represents the number of paperback books
she chooses.

a) Show that probability that she chooses exactly 2 paperback books is . [2 marks]
b) Tabulate the probability distribution for X. [3 marks]
c) You are given that E(X) = 3. Find Var(X). [2 marks]

4. The mean and standard deviation of the time spent by people in a certain library are 29 minutes and
6 minutes respectively.
a) Find the probability that the mean time spent in the library by a random sample of 120 people is
more than 30 minutes. [3 marks]
b) Explain whether it was necessary to assume that the time spent by people in the library is normally
distributed in the solution to part (a). [2 marks]

5. The mean weight of bags of carrots is m kilograms. An inspector wishes to test whether m = 2.0. He
weighs a random sample of 200 bags and his results are summarised as follows:

,
Carry our the test at the 10% significance level. [9 marks]
6. Alan owns a restaurant where a free dessert is offered with each main course. He wants to know
whether there is any association between the main course eaten by the diner and the dessert that they
choose.
Table below shows the data Alan obtained when he observed a sample of 250 diners who accepted the
offer of a free dessert.
Main Course
Beef Lamb Chicken Vegetarian
Fruit salad 36 16 16 12
Ice Cream 33 24 28 20
Gâteau 16 10 16 23

Alan plans to use a Chi-squared test, using the 5% significance level, to investigate whether these data
indicate any association. [9 marks]

Section B [15 marks]

Answer one question only in this section.

7. An agency rents out flats to holiday makers. The weekly rent, X tens of Ringgit Malaysia, of
the flat is a continuous random variable with probability density function given by

{
f ( x )= kx ( 18−x ) , 6 ≤ x ≤15 ,
0 , otherwise.

a) Find exact value of k. [4 marks]

b) Calculate the mean weekly rent. [3 marks]
c) To book a flat with the agency, a holiday maker must pay a deposit of 10% of the weekly rent of
the flat. Find the mean deposit paid. [2 marks]

In order to cover the agency’s costs, the mean deposit needs to be RM14. It is decided that on any flat
with a weekly rent of more than RM120 an extra fixed deposit of RMD must be paid. Calculate the
value of D. [6 marks]

8. a) In a recent survey regarding obesity among students, a sample of 50 students were taken at
random. Their personal information like body weights and heights were recorded and were classified
into three categories as underweight, normal weight and overweight or obese. One of the teacher in
charge of the survey, Mr. Adam, has found (1 − α)100% confidence interval for the population
proportion of students who are overweight or obese as (0.040 , 0.320).
We are now interested to find out in Mr. Adam’s report, what is
i) the proportion of the group of students who are overweight or obese [2
marks]
ii) the standard error [2
marks]
iii) the level of significance α [3
marks]

b) The random variable X has unknown population mean µ and unknown standard deviation σ .
From a sample of 50 observations of X taken, the results below were obtained.
∑ ( x−40 )=1872 and ∑( x−40)2 =96433
i) Find the unbiased estimates of the population mean and population variance [5 marks]
ii) Find the 95% confidence interval for the population mean µ. [4 marks]