2014-3-TER-STATE PAPER

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.
1.

A box contains 100 cards. Each card has a number between one and six written on it. The
frequency distribution of these numbers is as shown below.
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
Frequency
18
23
23
14
11
11
Find the Pearson coefficient of skewness and interpret your answer.

2.

[4 marks ]

A container contains 5 green balls, 7 red balls and 8 blue balls. The balls are
identical except for their colour . Ali randomly selects balls from the container until a
green ball is selected. If Ali does not select a green ball, he will put it back into the
container and repeat the process until a green ball is obtained.
(a) Show that the probability that the second ball selected is red is

21
80 .

[2

marks ]
(b) Find the probability that either the second ball selected is red or the fourth ball selected
is green.
[6 marks ]

3.

At a certain depot a constant stock level of 10,000 bottles is maintained. The probability that
at this depot on any given day a particular bottle will be broken is 0.00012. Give your
answer in three significant figures, find
a) probability that on any given day, at least two bottles will be broken
[4 marks]
b) probability that no bottle will be broken on two consecutive days
[2 marks]
c) probability on a day on which at least one bottle is broken, there will be exactly three
bottles broken
[4 marks]

4.

The random variable X is normally distributed with mean

and standard deviation 144.

It
is known that

P( X >1244 ) 0.1230

P( X >780)0.614

and

. Determine the

range of
the values of

[7 marks]

5.

The proportion of fans of a certain football club who are able to explain to offside rule
correctly is

p . A random sample 0f 10 fans of the football club is selected and 6 fans

are able to explain the offside rule correctly.

H 0 : p=0.8

against the alternative hypothesis

Test the null hypothesis

H 1 : p<0.8

at the 5

significance level.
[7 marks]
1

6.

It is thought that there is an association between the grades of Mathematics and Biology for
a particular group of students in a college. The grades of 200 students in the group were
studied with the following results.
Biology/
Mathematics
A
B
C

17
38
12

28
45
12

18
16
14

Test whether the data provide evidence, at the 5% significance level, that there is an
association between Biology and Mathematics results. State your conclusion.
[ 9 marks ]
1.
Section B [15 marks]
Answer any one question in this section
7.

(a)

A statistic test was given to 80 boys and 100 girls in a school. The mean and
standard deviation of their marks are as below
Student
Boys
Girls

Mean
54.6
56.7

Standard deviation
5.4
6.2

Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the marks of all students.
[8 marks]

(b)

x=2501

Company A employed 12 workers. The weekly wage RM x is given

and

x 2=525266.8

. Company B employed 17 workers, with weekly wage,

RM y and the mean of y is given RM 273.20 and

y 2=1 277969

(i)

Find

(ii)

A worker from company A got a rise of the weekly wage up to RM 300 from RM
260, so what is the new mean of weekly wage for company A
Calculate the new combined standard deviation of company A and company B

(iii)

[7 marks]

8.

The continuous random variable X has probability density function

0,

x< 0

3
x , 0 x <1
f ( x )= 2
2
,
x 1
3 x2
a) Find the cumulative distribution function of X . Hence, sketch graph

1
X>
2 )
b) Find
P

[7 marks]
[3 marks]

c) Find the median

[5 marks]