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2.4.13 Model with probability distributions

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Question 36

An agricultural inspector finds that 18% of cocoa trees in a large plantation have been affected by a particular fungal spore.

a.

State a distribution that is suitable to model the number of affected trees in a random sample of 50 trees.

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b.

State two conditions for the distribution in part (a) to be a valid model.

[2]
c.

Find the probability that:

exactly 10 trees in a sample of 50 are affected,

[2]
d.

Find the probability that:

fewer than 4 trees in a random sample of 25 trees are affected.

[2]
e.

A regional agriculture officer notes that resources will be strained if more than 160 trees are found to be affected in a specific plantation block containing 800 trees.

Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that resources will be strained in a particular plantation block.

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