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The document outlines a practice exam on probability distributions, covering various scenarios involving biased dice, normally distributed weights, and polygraph test outcomes. It includes questions that require calculations of expected values, probabilities, and proportions related to the distributions. The exam is structured into five main sections, each focusing on different applications of probability theory.

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l9 Practice Test (1)

The document outlines a practice exam on probability distributions, covering various scenarios involving biased dice, normally distributed weights, and polygraph test outcomes. It includes questions that require calculations of expected values, probabilities, and proportions related to the distributions. The exam is structured into five main sections, each focusing on different applications of probability theory.

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Probability Distributions (Practice) [36 marks] 40 minutes

1. Jae Hee plays a game involving a biased six-sided die. The faces of the die are labelled
−3, −1, 0, 1, 2 and 5. The score for the game, X, is the number which lands face up after
the die is rolled.
The following table shows the probability distribution for X.

a. Find the exact value of 𝑝. [1 mark]


Jae Hee plays the game once.
b. Calculate the expected score. [2 marks]
Jae Hee plays the game twice and adds the two scores together.
c. Find the probability Jae Hee has a total score of −3. [3 marks]
2. A factory produces bags of sugar with a labelled weight of 500 g. The weights of the
bags are normally distributed with a mean of 500 g and a standard deviation of 3 g.
a. Write down the percentage of bags that weigh more than 500 g. [1 mark]
b. A bag that weighs less than 495 g is rejected by the factory for being underweight.
Find the probability that a randomly chosen bag is rejected for being underweight.
[2 marks]
c. A bag that weighs more than 𝑘 grams is rejected by the factory for being
overweight. The factory rejects 2% of bags for being overweight.
Find the value of 𝑘. [3 marks]
3. The random variable 𝑋 is normally distributed with a mean of 100. The following
diagram shows the normal curve for 𝑋.

Let 𝑅 be the shaded region under the curve, to the right of 107. The area of 𝑅 is 0.24.
a. Write down P(𝑋 > 107). [1 mark]
b. Find P(100 < 𝑋 < 107). [3 marks]
c. Find P(93 < 𝑋 < 107). [2 marks]
4. A polygraph test is used to determine whether people are telling the truth or not, but it
is not completely accurate. When a person tells the truth, they have a 20% chance of
failing the test. Each test outcome is independent of any previous test outcome.
10 people take a polygraph test and all 10 tell the truth.
a. Calculate the expected number of people who will pass this polygraph test. [2 marks]
b. Calculate the probability that exactly 4 people will fail this polygraph test. [2 marks]
5. It is known that the weights of male Persian cats are normally distributed with mean
6.1 kg and variance 0.52 kg 2 .
a. Sketch a diagram showing the above information. [2 marks]
b. Find the proportion of male Persian cats weighing between 5.5 kg and 6.5 kg.[2 marks]
A group of 80 male Persian cats are drawn from this population.
c. Determine the expected number of cats in this group that have a weight of
less than 5.3 kg. [3 marks]
d. It is found that 12 of the cats weigh more than 𝑥 kg. Estimate the value of 𝑥. [3 marks]
e. Ten of the cats are chosen at random. Find the probability that exactly one of
them weighs over 6.25 kg. [4 marks]

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