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Date May 2021 Marks available 2 Reference code 21M.2.SL.TZ1.3
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Question

A company produces bags of sugar whose masses, in grams, can be modelled by a normal distribution with mean 1000 and standard deviation 3.5. A bag of sugar is rejected for sale if its mass is less than 995 grams.

Find the probability that a bag selected at random is rejected.

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a.

Estimate the number of bags which will be rejected from a random sample of 100 bags.

[1]
b.

Given that a bag is not rejected, find the probability that it has a mass greater than 1005 grams.

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c.

Markscheme

Note: In this question, do not penalise incorrect use of strict inequality signs.

Let X= mass of a bag of sugar

 

evidence of identifying the correct area          (M1)

PX<995=0.0765637

=0.0766          A1

 

[2 marks]

a.

Note: In this question, do not penalise incorrect use of strict inequality signs.

Let X= mass of a bag of sugar

 

0.0766×100

8          A1

 

Note: Accept 7.66.

 

[1 mark]

b.

Note: In this question, do not penalise incorrect use of strict inequality signs.

Let X= mass of a bag of sugar

 

recognition that PX>1005X995  is required         (M1)

PX995X>1005PX995

PX>1005PX995         (A1)

0.07656371-0.0765637=0.07656370.923436

=0.0829        A1

 

[3 marks]

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.9—Normal distribution and calculations
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