Date | May 2017 | Marks available | 4 | Reference code | 17M.2.hl.TZ1.9 |
Level | HL only | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ1 |
Command term | Find | Question number | 9 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
The times taken for male runners to complete a marathon can be modelled by a normal distribution with a mean 196 minutes and a standard deviation 24 minutes.
It is found that 5% of the male runners complete the marathon in less than T1 minutes.
The times taken for female runners to complete the marathon can be modelled by a normal distribution with a mean 210 minutes. It is found that 58% of female runners complete the marathon between 185 and 235 minutes.
Find the probability that a runner selected at random will complete the marathon in less than 3 hours.
Calculate T1.
Find the standard deviation of the times taken by female runners.
Markscheme
T∼N(196, 242)
P(T<180)=0.252 (M1)A1
[2 marks]
P(T<T1)=0.05 (M1)
T1=157 A1
[2 marks]
F∼N(210, σ2)
P(F<235)=0.79 (M1)
235−210σ=0.806421 or equivalent (M1)(A1)
σ=31.0 A1
[4 marks]