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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS SPM 2008 ______________________

TOPIC 13:

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WAJA JPN Perak 2008 1 In an examination , 70% of the students passed.If a sample of 8 students is randomly selected , find the probability that 6 students from the sample passed the examination. (3 marks)

Answer: 28% of the tooth brushes produced by a factory are defective.If a sample of 6 tooth brushes are chosen at random,find the probability that exactly 4 tooth brushes are in good condition. (3 marks)

Answer: It was found that 3 out of 8 persons who drink at Pak Mat store ordered coffee.If 10 persons went to drink at Pak Mat store, find the probability that only two persons ordered coffee. (3 marks)

Answer:
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Diagram 1 shows a standard normal distribution graph. f(z)

z (2 marks)

If P0 z k 0.3128, find P z k .

Answer: X is a random variable of a normal distribution with mean of 5.2 and a variance of 1.44.Find (a) the z-score if X = 6.7 (b) P5.2 X 6.7 (4 marks)

Answer: (a) (b)

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The mass of students in a school has a normal distribution with mean of 54 kg and standard deviation of 12 kg. Find (a) the mass of the students which gives a standard score of 0.5 (b) the percentage of students with mass greater than 48 kg. (4 marks)

Answer: (a) (b).. X is a random variable of a normal distribution with mean of 12.45 and variance of 9,find (a) P 13.5 X 16.5 (b) the value of k if P(X>k)=0.2162 (4 marks)

Answer:(a) (b)
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X is a continuous random variable of a normal distribution with mean of 52 and a standard deviation of 10.Find (a) the z-score when X=67.2 (b) P 51 X 60 (4 marks)

Answer:(a) (b) 9 Find the value of q if (a) P(Z>q)=0.4052 (b) P(Z q)=0.8264 (3 marks)

Answer:(a) (b) 10 X is a random variable of a normal distribution with mean of 4.2 and a variance of 1.21.Find (a) the z-score if X = 6.1 (b) P 4.2 x 5.6 (4 marks)

Answer:(a) (b)
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WAJA JPN Perak 2008 Answer 1 0.2965 2 0.3160 3 0.1473 4 0.1872 5 (a) 1.25 (b) 0.3944 6 (a) 60 (b) 69.15% 7 (a) 0.2747 (b) k=14.805 8 (a) 1.52 (b) 0.3279 9 (a) 0.24 (b) 0.94 10 (a) 1.7273 (b) 0.3986

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