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Nov 2020 p53 q1
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The times taken to swim 100 metres by members of a large swimming club have a normal distribution with mean 62 seconds and standard deviation 5 seconds.
13% of the members of the club take more than t minutes to swim 100 metres. Find the value of t.
Solution
Given that the times are normally distributed with a mean of 62 seconds and a standard deviation of 5 seconds, we need to find the time t such that 13% of the members take more than t minutes to swim 100 metres.
\(First, convert t minutes to seconds: t minutes = 60t seconds.\)
We know that 13% corresponds to a z-score of approximately 1.127 (from standard normal distribution tables).