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June 2015 p63 q1
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The weights, in grams, of onions in a supermarket have a normal distribution with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation 22. The probability that a randomly chosen onion weighs more than 195 grams is 0.128. Find the value of \(\mu\).

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June 2015 p62 q7
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(a) Once a week Zak goes for a run. The time he takes, in minutes, has a normal distribution with mean 35.2 and standard deviation 4.7.

  1. Find the expected number of days during a year (52 weeks) for which Zak takes less than 30 minutes for his run.
  2. The probability that Zakโ€™s time is between 35.2 minutes and t minutes, where t > 35.2, is 0.148. Find the value of t.

(b) The random variable X has the distribution N(ฮผ, ฯƒ2). It is given that P(X < 7) = 0.2119 and P(X < 10) = 0.6700. Find the values of ฮผ and ฯƒ.

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Nov 2022 p53 q5
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The weights of the bags of sugar produced by company B are normally distributed with mean 1.04 kg and standard deviation 0.06 kg.

81% of the bags of sugar produced by company B weigh less than w kg.

Find the value of w.

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June 2015 p61 q1
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The lengths, in metres, of cars in a city are normally distributed with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation 0.714. The probability that a randomly chosen car has a length more than 3.2 metres and less than \(\mu\) metres is 0.475. Find \(\mu\).

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Nov 2014 p63 q5
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Gem stones from a certain mine have weights, \(X\) grams, which are normally distributed with mean 1.9 g and standard deviation 0.55 g. These gem stones are sorted into three categories for sale depending on their weights, as follows.

Small: under 1.2 g   Medium: between 1.2 g and 2.5 g   Large: over 2.5 g

  1. Find the proportion of gem stones in each of these three categories.
  2. Find the value of \(k\) such that \(P(k < X < 2.5) = 0.8\).
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