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Date November 2020 Marks available 4 Reference code 20N.2.AHL.TZ0.H_2
Level Additional Higher Level Paper Paper 2 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Determine Question number H_2 Adapted from N/A

Question

Jenna is a keen book reader. The number of books she reads during one week can be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 2.6.

Determine the expected number of weeks in one year, of 52 weeks, during which Jenna reads at least four books.

Markscheme

* This question is from an exam for a previous syllabus, and may contain minor differences in marking or structure.

let Χ be the random variable “number of books Jenna reads per week.”

then Χ~Po 2.6

PΧ4=0.264 0.263998       (M1)(A1)

0.263998×52       (M1)

=13.7       A1


Note:
Accept 14 weeks.


[4 marks]

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » AHL 4.17—Poisson distribution
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