STPM Mathematics T STPM 2013 ulangan P3

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section
.
1. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the average intake of fat weekly, in grams, of 60 adult volunteers in a
medical research.
Stem Leaf
8 1 2 5 5 7 8 8
9 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 9
10 0 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9
11 0 0 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 9
12 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7
13 3 3 6
14 0 1 7

Key: 10 0 means 100
(a) Determine the median and the interquartile range of the distribution. [4 marks]
(b) Draw a box-and-whisker plot to represent the data. [3 marks]
(c) The above circled observation was recorded wrongly from its actual value of 173. Show
how this actual value affect your box-and-whisker plot? [3 marks]

2. Two events A and B are such that P(A) =
1
7
, P(B) =
1
5
and PA U B) =
1
3
. Find P(B I A' ). [5 marks]

3. The discrete random variable X has the probability distribution as follows:

X -60 20 24 60
P(X = x) p 0.10 q 0.25
It is given that P(X 20) = 0.25.
(a) Determine the values of p and q. [2 marks]
(b) Find E(X) and E {[X E(X)]
2
}.[5 marks]

4. A random sample of 100 measurements taken from a population gives the following results:

2
2980 ( ) 3168 x and x x

.
(a) Determine a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. [7 marks]
(b) Suggest two ways to reduce the width of the confidence interval that you obtain. [2
marks]

5. Car panels are spray-painted by a machine. The paint thickness on car panels is normally distributed with a
mean of mm and a standard deviation of 0.035 mm. A random sample of 64 points paint thickness on car
panels gives a mean of 0.195 mm. Test the null hypothesis H
0
: = 0.200 mm against the alternative hypothesis
H
1
: 0.200 mm at the 5% significance level.[6 marks]

6. The power lines across a range of mountains are constantly struck by lightning. The number of occurrence per
week is recorded for the past 72 weeks. The results obtained are shown below.
Number of lightning strikes per week 0 1 2 3 4
Number of weeks 14 21 17 12 8
Perform a
2
goodness-of-fit test, at the 1% significance level, to determine whether the
data fits a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2. [8 marks]
You may use the probability distribution of a Poisson random variable with mean 2 given
below.
Number of occurrence 0 1 2 3 4
7
Probability 0.1353 0.2707 0.2707 0.1804 0.1429


Section B [15 marks]
Answer only one question in this section.

7. (a) Describe briefly the standard normal random variable. [2 marks]
(b) The life span of a certain light bulb is a normal random variable with a mean of 950
hours and a standard deviation of 50 hours.
(i) Find the probability that a randomly chosen light bulb has a life span of more than 1000
hours. [3 marks]
(ii) Determine the value of h such that 99% of the light bulbs have life span between (950 -
h) hours and (950 + h) hours. [5 marks]
(iii) Find the probability that at most one out of eight independently selected light bulbs has
a life span of more than 1000 hours. [5 marks]

8. According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey study in 2006, the proportion of the population aged 30
years and above suffering from diabetes is 0.15.
(a) A recent random sample of 20 persons aged 30 years and above shows that 4 of them
are diabetic. Perform a hypothesis test, at the 10% significance level, to determine whether
the current proportion of population aged 30 years and above who are suffering from
diabetes is higher than that in 2006. [7 marks]
(b) In another random sample of 200 persons aged 30 years and above, 40 of them are
found to be diabetic. Perform a hypothesis test, at the 10% significance level, to determine
whether the current proportion of population aged 30 years and above who are suffering
from diabetes is higher than that in 2006. [8 marks]