The Normal Distribution
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The time, in seconds, taken for a automated process to complete is normally distributed with a mean of 120 seconds and a standard deviation of 10 seconds. An engineer monitors a process run.

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Find the probability that the process takes longer than 110 seconds.

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b.

The process has already been running for 110 seconds. Find the probability that it runs for another 20 seconds.

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c.

The engineer believes that the mean completion time for these processes is longer than 120 seconds. She records a random sample of 25 process runs and found that their mean time was 122 seconds. Stating your hypotheses clearly and using a 5% level of significance, test the engineer's belief.

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The Normal Distribution Questions

Practise Edexcel A Level Maths The Normal Distribution with exam-style questions for A Level Maths. 100 questions covering The Normal Distribution, Finding Probabilities for Normal Distributions, The Inverse Normal Distribution Function, The Standard Normal Distribution, Finding the mean and standard deviation, Approximating a Binomial Distribution, and Hypothesis Testing with the Normal Distribution, matched to the Edexcel A Level Maths (9MA0) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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