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Date May 2021 Marks available 1 Reference code 21M.2.SL.TZ2.1
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 2 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Interpret Question number 1 Adapted from N/A

Question

At a café, the waiting time between ordering and receiving a cup of coffee is dependent upon the number of customers who have already ordered their coffee and are waiting to receive it.

Sarah, a regular customer, visited the café on five consecutive days. The following table shows the number of customers, x, ahead of Sarah who have already ordered and are waiting to receive their coffee and Sarah’s waiting time, y minutes.

The relationship between x and y can be modelled by the regression line of y on x with equation y=ax+b.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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a.i.

Write down the value of Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, r.

[1]
a.ii.

Interpret, in context, the value of a found in part (a)(i).

[1]
b.

On another day, Sarah visits the café to order a coffee. Seven customers have already ordered their coffee and are waiting to receive it.

Use the result from part (a)(i) to estimate Sarah’s waiting time to receive her coffee.

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c.

Markscheme

a=0.805084 and b=2.88135

a=0.805 and b=2.88            A1A1

 

[2 marks]

a.i.

r=0.97777

r=0.978     A1

 

[1 mark]

a.ii.

a represents the (average) increase in waiting time (0.805 mins) per additional customer (waiting to receive their coffee)         R1

 

[1 mark]

b.

attempt to substitute x=7 into their equation       (M1)

8.51693

8.52 (mins)        A1

 

[2 marks]

c.

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.4—Pearsons, scatter diagrams, eqn of y on x
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