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Question 6

A fair spinner has five equal sections numbered 1 to 5. The spinner is spun 10 times.

ai.

Find the probability that the spinner lands on 5 exactly 2 times.

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aii.

Find the probability that the spinner lands on 5 more than 3 times.

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Mia believes that the spinner is not fair and that the chance of the spinner landing on 5 is greater than 15\displaystyle \frac{1}{5}51​. To test this claim, she spins the spinner 35 times and it lands on 5 on 12 occasions. Stating your hypotheses clearly, test Mia's claim at the 5% significance level.

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Hypothesis Testing Questions

  1. AS Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /Hypothesis Testing

33 exam-style questions on Edexcel AS Level Maths Hypothesis Testing, covering 7.1 Hypothesis Testing, 7.2 Finding Critical Values, 7.3 One-Tailed Tests, and 7.4 Two-Tailed Tests. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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