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Nov 2013 p62 q3
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The amount of fibre in a packet of a certain brand of cereal is normally distributed with mean 160 grams. 19% of packets of cereal contain more than 190 grams of fibre.
Find the standard deviation of the amount of fibre in a packet.
Kate buys 12 packets of cereal. Find the probability that at least 1 of the packets contains more than 190 grams of fibre.
Solution
(i) Let \(X\) be the amount of fibre in a packet, \(X \sim N(160, \sigma^2)\). We know \(P(X > 190) = 0.19\). The z-score for 190 is given by:
\(z = \frac{190 - 160}{\sigma}\)
From the standard normal distribution table, \(P(Z > z) = 0.19\) corresponds to \(z = 0.878\).
Thus, \(\frac{30}{\sigma} = 0.878\).
Solving for \(\sigma\), we get:
\(\sigma = \frac{30}{0.878} = 34.2\)
(ii) Let \(Y\) be the number of packets with more than 190 grams of fibre. \(Y \sim \text{Binomial}(12, 0.19)\).