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Question 95

A café serves two types of drinks: Large, LLL, and Standard, SSS. The volumes, in ml, of Large drinks are distributed as L∼N(500,152)L \sim \text{N}(500, 15^2)L∼N(500,152) and Standard drinks are distributed as S∼N(330,82)S \sim \text{N}(330, 8^2)S∼N(330,82).

A Large drink and a Standard drink are selected at random.

a.

Find the probability that the volume of the Large drink is less than 150% of the volume of the Standard drink.

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b.

Two Standard drinks are chosen at random.

Find the probability that their volumes differ by more than 10 ml.

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c.

The café sells drinks in trays. Each tray contains either 4 Large drinks or 6 Standard drinks. The weight of an empty tray, TTT, is distributed as T∼N(100,52)T \sim \text{N}(100, 5^2)T∼N(100,52). We assume 1 ml of drink weighs 1 g.

Find the probability that a tray of 6 Standard drinks weighs more than a tray of 4 Large drinks.

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The Normal Distribution Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /The Normal Distribution

616 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Maths The Normal Distribution, covering 3.1 The Normal Distribution, 3.2 Finding Probabilities for Normal Distributions, 3.3 The Inverse Normal Distribution Function, 3.4 The Standard Normal Distribution, 3.5 Finding the mean and standard deviation, 3.6 Approximating a Binomial Distribution, and 3.7 Hypothesis Testing with the Normal Distribution. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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