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QUESTION 1 (15 MARKS)
Fifteen percent of all television sets at a large company are of model A. Suppose two television
sets are selected at random from the production line of this company. Let X denote the number
of television sets of model A in this sample.
a) Draw a three diagram for this problem.
(5 marks)








b) Obtain the probability distribution of X
(4 marks)
X 0 1 2
P(x) 0.7225 0.2550 0.0225
*all Xs value correct 1m
*all probability correct 3 m
c) Find the probability that the number of television set of model A is
i) more than two
(2 marks)

[1m] [1m]
ii) less than one
(2 marks)
P(X < 1) = 0.7225
[1m] [1m]
A
A
A
A
A
A
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.85
0.85
0.85
2
1
1
0
All branches correct 1m
All probab correct 2m
Outcomes 1m
Suitable notation 1m
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iii) at least one
(2 marks)
[1m]
= 0.2550 + 0.0225
= 0.2775 [1m]

QUESTION 2 (20 MARKS)
BCom Mobile One manufactures hand phone parts that are supplied to many hand phone
companies. The Quality Control Departments check every part for defects before it is shipped to
another company but a few defective parts still pass through these inspections undetected. Let X
be the number of defective hand phone parts. The following table lists the frequency distribution
of X for the past 80 shipments.
X 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 8 24 20 16 12

a) Construct a probability distribution for the number of defective hand phone parts.
(3 marks)
X 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Frequency 8 24 20 16 12 80
P(X) 0.1 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 1.0
**all probability correct 3m

b) Represent graphically the probability distribution for (a) above
(3 marks)

















P(X)
X
0.1
0.2
0.3
X-axis =1m
Y-axis = 1m
Bars = 1m
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c) Construct the cumulative distribution for the number of defective hand phone parts.
(3 marks)
X

1 2 3 4 5
F(X)

0.1 0.4 0.65 0.85 1.00
*all probability correct 3m

d) Find the probability that the number of defective hand phone parts is at most four.
(2 marks)

[1m] [1m]


e) Find the probability that the number of defective hand phone parts is exactly
three.
(2 marks)

[1m] [1m]


f) Find the expected number of defective hand phone parts per shipment. Explain
your answer.
(4 marks)
[1m]

[1m]
On average, the shipment will have 3 defective parts.
[1m] [1m]


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g) Compute the standard deviation of the number of defective hand phone parts.
(3 marks)

[1m]




[1m] [1m]

QUESTION 3 (23 MARKS)
1. According to a local study, the probability that a new employee in a garbage disposal
company is still working with the company after 1 year is 0.55. What the probability that
out of 10 newly hired people,

a) 7 will still be with the company after 1 year?
(3 marks)

(2m)
= 0.1665 (1m)

b) 6 or more will still be with the company after 1 year?
(5 marks)
X Z Z Z Z Z (1m)
X

(2m)
= 0.2384 + 0.1665 + 0.0763 + 0.0207 + 0.0025 (1m)
= 0.5044 (1m)



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c) What is the expected number of newly hired people that leave the company after 1
year?
(4 marks)
Expected number of newly hired people who will still be with the company:
(1m)
= (1m)
Hence, the expected number of newly hired people who will leave the company:

= (1m)
(1m)
2. The numbers of students who enter public library independent of one another and at
random intervals follow a Poisson distribution with an average rate 54 students per hour.

a) Find the probability that no students enter public library during a particular 1
minutes interval.
(3 marks)

student per minute (1m)

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e
X P (1m)
4066 . 0 ! (1m)

b) Find the percentage that at least 4 students enter public library during a particular 5
minutes interval.
(4 marks)
students per minute (1m)
) 3 ( 1 ) 4 ( e ! u X P X P (1m)
6577 . 0 3423 . 0 1 ! ! (1m)
65.77% (1m)
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c) Find the percentages that between 2 and 6 students enter public library during a
particular 10-minute interval.
(4 marks)
students per minute (1m)
) 2 ( ) 5 ( ) 6 2 ( e e ! X P X P X P (1m)
1095 . 0 0062 . 0 1157 . 0 ! ! (1m)
10.95% (1m)


QUESTION 4 (12 MARKS)
A taxi driver earns an average of RM90 per day with a standard deviation of RM10. Assume that
his income is a normal distribution.
a) Find the probability that his income per day is between RM75 and RM100.
(4 marks)

[1m]
[1m]
Z Z
= 0.8413 0.0668 [1m]
= 0.7745 [1m]
b) Find the percentage that his income per day is at least RM90.
(5 marks)
X Z

[1m]
Z [1m]
Z [1m]
[1m]
50% [1m]
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c) If he earns less than RMk, he receives RM10 as a petrol subsidy. What is k if the
probability that he receives a petrol subsidy must be less than 0.01?
(3 marks)
Z

fiom table [1m]

[1m]

= 66.7 @ RM66.70 [1m]


QUESTION 5 (30 MARKS)
1. A bank calculates that its individual saving accounts are normally distributed with a mean
of RM 2000 and standard error of the mean is RM 60. If the bank take a random sample
of 100 accounts, calculate:

a) Variance of the population.
(2 marks)

[2m]


b) Probability that the sample mean will:
(5 marks)
i. Lie between RM1900 and RM2050

[1m]
[1m] [1m]
[1m]
[1m]
= 0.7492 [1m]


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ii. More than RM1990
(6 marks)

[2m]
[1m]
[1m]
[1m]
[1m]

iii. Not exceed RM2020
(4 marks)

[2m]
[1m]
[1m]



2. The Cepat Sampai Company makes deliveries of a large number of products to its
customers. It is known that 85% of all the orders it receives from its customers are
delivered on time.

a) Find the probability that the proportion of orders in a random sample of 100 are
delivered on time:

i. less than 0.87
(4 marks)
[1m]

[1m]


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ii. between 0.81 and 0.88
(4 marks)
[1m]


[1m]
[1m]


[1m]
b) Find the probability that the proportion of orders in a random sample of 100 are not
delivered on time greater than 0.1.
(5 marks)

[1m]


[1m]

[1m]
[1m]

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