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2.4 Probability Distributions

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Question 134

The battery life, LLL minutes, and the total payload mass, MMM grams, of a random sample of 6 industrial drones are recorded in the table below.

MMM (payload in g)20040060080010001200
LLL (life in mins)45.540.735.931.126.321.5
a.

State, with a reason, which variable is the explanatory variable.

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b.

The equation of the least squares regression line of LLL on MMM is

L=50.3−0.024M L = 50.3 - 0.024M L=50.3−0.024M

Give an interpretation of the gradient of this regression line.

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c.

Find the value of Mˉ\bar{M}Mˉ and the value of Lˉ\bar{L}Lˉ.

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d.

Show that the point (Mˉ,Lˉ)(\bar{M}, \bar{L})(Mˉ,Lˉ) lies on the regression line.

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e.

Estimate the battery life of a drone carrying a payload of 750 grams.

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f.

Evaluate the reliability of the estimate calculated in part (e), justifying your answer.

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g.

The battery life of this specific drone model is assumed to be normally distributed with mean 34 minutes and standard deviation 4.2 minutes.

The central 80% of battery lives lies between aaa and bbb.

Find the value of aaa and the value of bbb to two decimal places.

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2.4 Probability Distributions Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /2.4 Probability Distributions

390 exam-style questions on OCR (MEI) A Level Maths 2.4 Probability Distributions, covering 2.4.1 Recognise binomial situations, 2.4.2 Probability of success p, 2.4.3 Calculate binomial probabilities, 2.4.4 Mean of the binomial distribution, 2.4.5 Expected frequencies for binomial, 2.4.6 Probability functions and discrete random variables, 2.4.7 Numerical probabilities for a simple distribution, 2.4.8 Normal distribution as a model (A-level only), 2.4.9 Shape of the Normal curve (A-level only), 2.4.10 Linear transformation and standardising (A-level only), 2.4.11 Symmetry and inflection of Normal curve (A-level only), 2.4.12 Calculate probabilities from a Normal distribution (A-level only), 2.4.13 Model with probability distributions, and 2.4 Probability Distributions. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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