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PAPER 1(SET 1) JOHOR TRIAL 2009 1. Diagram 1 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 1 The probability represented by the shaded region is 0.7514. (a) (b) Find the value of k, X is continuous random variable which is normally distributed with a mean 80 and a variance of 9. Find the value of X when the z-score is k. [4 marks]

KEDAH TRIAL 2009 2. 90 percent of the students of Form 5 Euler passed the April mathematics test. Among those who passed, 20 percent score with distinction. (a) (b) If a student of Form Euler was selected at random, find the probability that he passed the April mathematics test with distinction. If 5 students of Form 5 Euler were selected at random, find the probability that only one of the five students passed the April mathematics test with distinction. [3 marks]

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A random variable X is normally distributed with mean 370 and standard deviation 10. Find the value of (a) (b) the z-score if X=355 P(X < 367) [4 marks]

KELANTAN TRIAL 2009 4. X is a continuous random variable of a normal distribution with a mean of 420 and a standard deviation of 12. Find (a) (b) the z-score when X = 405 the value of k when P(z > k) = 0.7881 [4 marks]

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Diagram 2 shows the graph of binomial distribution for discrete variable X.

Diagram 2 Find (a) (b) the value of 1 [4 marks]

MELAKA TRIAL 2009 6. X is a random variable of a normal distribution with a mean of 6.3 and a variance of 1.24.Find (a) (b) the z-score if X = 7.5 6.3 7.5 [4 marks]

PAHANG TRIAL 2009 7. In an examination, 40% of the students passed. If a sample of 10 students is randomly selected, find the probability that less than 2 students passed. [3 marks] Diagram 3 shows a standardised normal distribution graph.

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Given that the area of the shaded region is 30.5% of the total area under the curve, find (a) (b) P (z < k) the value of k [3 marks]

PENANG TRIAL 2009 9. X is a random variable of a normal distribution with a mean of 55 and a variance of 16. Find the value of k if (a) (b) 10. P(X > k) = 0.2543 = 0.6872 [4 marks]

10% of the eggs bought at a supermarket are bad. If 5 eggs are picked at random, find the probability that at least 2 eggs are bad. [4 marks]

PERAK TRIAL 2009 11. 40% of the cars on the road in Malaysia are Malaysian made. (a) (b) If 10 cars are chosen at random, find the probability that exactly 7 of them are Malaysian made. If cars are chosen at random, the probability that all the cars are 16 Malaysian made is 625 . Find the value of . [4 marks]

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X is a continuous random variable of a normal distribution with mean, and standard deviation 4.2 . Find (a) (b) the value of if the z-score is 2.2 when X= 18.4, 10.02 12.2 [4 marks]

PERLIS TRIAL 2009 13. In a mid term examination, 20% of the students of Form Five failed their Additional Mathematics. A sample of 10 students is chosen at random. Find (a) (b) the mean of the students that failed the Additional Mathematics. the probability that at least 1 student passed the Additional Mathematics. [3 marks]

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Diagram 4 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 4 The probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.3708. Find (a) (b) > , the value of [3 marks]

SABAH TRIAL 2009 15. X is a random variable of a normal distribution with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 2.4. Find (a) (b) the Z score if X = 54, (43 54) [4 marks]

SARAWAK ZON A TRIAL 2009 16. The mass of a packet of biscuit is normally distributed with a mean of 125 g and a variance of 16 g2 (a) (b) Find the probability that a packet of biscuit chosen at random from a sample will have a mass not less than 128 g. If 30% of the packets chosen have mass more than m g , find the value of m. [4 marks] SARAWAK ZON C TRIAL 2009 17. The masses of a group of students in a school are normally distributed with a mean of 38 kg and a variance of 25 kg. If the range of a mass for healthy weight is between 30 kg and 50 kg, calculate the percentage of students who have a healthy weight. [3 marks]

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SELANGOR TRIAL 2009 18. In a survey on college students, it is found that 12 % of the college students do not own a computer. In a sample of 10 college students chosen randomly, find (a) (b) 19. the probability that at least one of them does not own a computer, the total number of college students who does not own a computer if the college has 1200 students. [4 marks]

Diagram 5 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 5 The probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.7416. (a) (b) Find the value of . X is a continuous random variable which is normally distributed with a mean of 85 and a standard deviation of 3. Find the value of X when the z-score is . [4 marks]

TERENGGANU TRIAL 2009 20. Diagram 6 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 6 The probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.7648. Find (a) (b) , the value of k. [3 marks]

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WP TRIAL 2009 21. Given 85% of the students in a class pass the Calculus test. If 10 students are chosen randomly from the class, find (a) (b) the probability that exactly 6 students pass the test the number of students in the class, if the variance of students who pass the test is 5.355. [4 marks]

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PAPER 2(SET 1) JOHOR TRIAL 2009 1. a) In a survey carried out in a school, it is found that 2 out of 3 students passed their Mathematics Test. i) If 7 students from that school are chosen at random, calculate the probability that exactly 5 students passed their Mathematics Test. [3 marks] If there are 600 students in the school, find the number of students who failed the Mathematics Test. [2 marks]

ii) b)

A survey on body-mass is done on a group of teachers. The mass of the teachers has a normal distribution with a mean of 45 kg and standard deviation of 10 kg. i) ii) A teacher is chosen at random from the group, find the probability that the body-mass of the teacher is less than 42.5 kg. If 12.3% of the teachers have a body mass of more than kg, find the value of . [5 marks]

KEDAH TRIAL 2009 2. a) In a survey carried out in a school, it is found that 40% of its students are participating actively in co-curricular activities. i) If 6 students from that school are chosen at random, calculate the probability that at least 4 students are participating actively in cocurricular activities. If the variance of the students who are active in co-curricular activities is 288, calculate the student population of the school. [5 marks]

ii) b)

The masses of chicken eggs from a farm have a normal distribution with a mean of 62 g and a standard deviation of 8 g. Any egg that has a mass exceeding 68 g is categorised as grade double-A. i) ii) Find the probability that an egg chosen randomly from the farm has a mass between 60 g and 68 g. If the farm produce 3000 eggs daily, calculate the number of eggs with grade double-A. [5 marks]

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KELANTAN TRIAL 2009 3. a) A student is considered pass the test whenever six of ten questions are being answered correctly. If 8 students are chosen at random, calculate the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 2 students pass, more than 1 student pass the test. [5 marks]

The heights of students in School A are normally distributed with mean of 150 cm and a standard deviation of 10 cm. i) ii) Height exceeds 170 cm are classified as tall. It is found that 57 students are tall. Find the total enrolment of the school. If 30% of the students are categorized as short. What is the height which is still short? [5 marks]

MELAKA TRIAL 2009 4. a) A box contained 3 red marbles, 2 green marbles and 1 blue marble. A marble was taken out at random from the box, the colour was noted and it was returned into the box. Then a marble was taken out randomly. The process was repeated until 10 marbles had been taken out. Calculate the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 2 red marbles were taken out at least 2 red marbles were taken out [5 marks]

It is given that the age of a group of occupants in a town has with a mean of 45 years and variance of 36 years. i) ii) Calculate the probability that an occupant chosen randomly is more than 50 years old. Estimate the number of occupants whose age is between 50 years and 60 years old if the total number of people in the town is 60 000. [5 marks]

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MRSM 2009 5. a) In a restaurant, 60% of the customers prefer a cold drink. i) ii) If 7 customers are chosen at random, find the probability that at least 6 of them prefer a cold drink. If the standard deviation of the number of customers who prefer a cold drink is 6, find the number of customers in the restaurant. [5 marks]

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It is found that the length of one teaching period in a school follows a normal distribution with a mean of 35.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.25 minutes. i) ii) Find the probability that for a teaching period chosen at random, the teaching time is more than 37 minutes. If 78% of the teaching periods exceed minutes, find the value of . [5 marks]

PAHANG 2009 6. a) In a house to house check carried out in Taman Maju, aedes mosquitoes were found in 2 out of every 5 houses. If 8 houses in Taman Maju are chosen at random, calculate the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 3 houses are infested with aedes mosquitoes, more than 2 houses are infested with aedes mosquitoes. [5 marks]

A study on the body mass of a group of students is conducted and it is found that the mass of a student is normally distributed with a mean of 50 kg and variance of 256 kg2. i) ii) If a student is selected randomly, calculate the probability that his mass is more than 60 kg. Given that 28% of the students weigh less than kg, calculate the value of . [5 marks]

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PENANG 2009 7. a) The life-span of a type of battery produced by a factory is normally distributed with mean 325 hours and standard deviation 25 hours. Find i) ii) the probability that a unit of battery chosen at random, has a life-span between 280 hours and 350 hours. the percentage of battery that has a life-span of more than 320 hours. [5 marks] b) In a mid year examination, 60% of the candidates passed the exam. If 8 of the candidates are chosen at random, i) ii) find the probability that at least 7 of them passed the mid year exam. if a total of 450 candidates sit for the exam, find the mean and the standard deviation of the candidates that pass the examination. [5 marks]

PERAK 2009 8. a) In a survey carried out on Form Five students in a school, it is found that 4 out of 12 students watch news in television every day. If 10 students are chosen at random, calculate the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 3 of them watch news in television every day, less than 3 of them watch news in television every day [5 marks]

The mass of packets of banana crisp produced by a factory is normally distributed with a mean of 200 g and a standard deviation of 4.5 g. i) ii) Find the probability that a packet of banana crisp chosen at random has a mass between 198 g and 204 g. It is found that from the total number of packets produced in a day, 6 packets of banana crisp have mass greater than 210 g. Find the total number of packets of banana crisp produced in a day. [5 marks]

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PERLIS 2009 9. a) A survey shows that 20% of the youths from Taman Raja own a bicycle. If 8 youths from Taman Raja are chosen at random, calculate the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 3 of them own a bicycle more than 2 own a bicycle. [5 marks]

The mass of a packet of biscuits produced by a factory follows a normal distribution with a mean of 240 g and a variance of 144 g2 . i) ii) Find the probability that the mass of a packet of biscuits chosen at random from the factory, will be more than 235 g. It is found that 35.2% of the packets of biscuits produced have a mass of less than g. Find the value of . [5 marks]

SABAH 2009 10. a) In a Mathematics quiz, each participant is required to answer 10 questions. The probability that a participant gives a correct answer is . It is found that the mean number of correct answers given by a participant is 4.2. i) ii) b) Find the value of If a participant is chosen at random, calculate the probability that he answers at least 2 questions correctly. [4 marks]

The marks of 3400 candidates in an examination is normally distributed with a mean of 43 and a standard deviation of 5. i) ii) If the minimum mark to pass the examination is 50, estimate the number of candidates who passed the examination. If 20% of the candidates failed the examination, calculate the minimum mark to pass the examination. [6 marks]

SARAWAK ZON A 2009 11. a) In a certain area, 30% of the trees are rubber trees. i) ii) If 8 trees in the area are chosen at random, find the probability that at least two of the trees are rubber trees. If the variance of the rubber trees is 315, find the number of rubber trees in the area. [5 marks]

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The masses of the children in the Primary One in the school have a normal distribution with mean 33.5 kg and variance 25 kg2. 150 of the children have masses between 30 kg and 36.5 kg. Calculate the total number of children in Primary One in that school. [5 marks]

SARAWAK ZON C 2009 12. a) In a survey of Form Five students in a district, it was found that 3 out of 5 are students from the Science Stream. i) ii) If 6 students are selected at random, find the probability that at least two students are from the Science Stream. If there are 280 Form Five students in the district, calculate the standard deviation of the number of Science Stream students. [5 marks]

b)

The diameter of a golf ball produced by a factory is normally distributed with a mean of 4 cm and a standard deviation of 0.2 cm. i) ii) Find the percentage of the golf balls with diameters of more than 4.1 cm. If golf balls are chosen at random, find the value of if the number of golf balls with diameters between 3.95 cm and 4.15 cm is 400. [5 marks]

SELANGOR 2009 13. a) In a basket, there is a rotten durian out of every 6 durians. If a sample of 10 durians is chosen at random, calculate the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 2 durians are rotten at least 8 durians are not rotten [5 marks]

The marks of 1000 candidates in an English examination are normally distributed with a mean of 45 and a standard deviation of 25. i) ii) If the passing mark is 40 or higher, calculate the number of candidates who passed the examination. If the top 16% of the candidates are awarded a distinction for scoring at least marks, find the value of . [5 marks]

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WP 2009 14. Diagram 1 shows a probability distribution graph of continuous random variable that is normally distributed with mean 52 and a standard deviation of 5.

Diagram 1 a) i) ii) b) c) i) In school A, there are 200 Form Five students. If represents the mass, in kg, of the Form Five students, calculate the number of Form Five students who have mass less than 56 kg. If 5% of the Form Five students are considered overweight, find the minimum mass of the Form Five students who are considered overweight in the school [5 marks] State the value of . If the standard score of = is 1.2, find the value of . [3 marks] [2 marks]

Hence, find 48 < < .

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TERENGGANU 2009 15. a) In an examination, 65% of the candidates passed the examination. If a sample of 8 candidates is chosen randomly, find the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 5 of them passed the examination, at least 2 of them passed the examination [5 marks]

The height, in cm, of the students in a certain school is found to be normally distributed with mean 160 cm and variance 144 cm2. i) ii) Find the probability that the height of the students chosen randomly is less than 155 cm. Given that 70% of the students have a height of more than cm, find the value of . [5 marks]

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MELAKA TENGAH 2009 16. a) Amin wants to know the frequency of vehicle that passes through in front of his house. It shows that the number of lorry are 30 out of 100 vehicles that pass through. If 10 vehicles are chosen randomly, find the probability that i) ii) b) exactly two vehicles are lorries at least two vehicles are lorries [5 marks]

The mass of a watermelon in the orchard is normally distributed with mean g, and variance, 625 g2. i) ii) Given standard score, for the mass of the water melon with the mass of 600 g is 3.2, find the value of . Find the probability that the mass of watermelon which pick randomly is more than 570 g or less than 445 g. [5 marks]

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PAPER 1(SET 2) JOHOR 2008 1. Diagram 7 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 7 Given the probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.7019. a) b) Find the value of . X is a random variable of a normal distribution with mean of 45 and variance of 25. Find the value of when the -score is . [4 marks]

KELANTAN 2008 2. X is a random variables of a normal distribution with a mean 6.7 and a standard deviation of 1.2. Find a) b) MELAKA 2008 3. It is found that the height of the students in a school are normally distributed with a mean of 165 cm and a standard deviation of 15 cm. If 6% of th students in that school has height more than cm, find the value of . [4 marks] the z-score if X = 8.2 the value of when = 0.8729. [4 marks]

NS 2008 4. The marks of the students of a school in an examination are normally distributed with a mean of 60 and standard deviation of 10. Find a) b) the z-score if the mark of a student is 72 the percentage of students with marks less than 40. [4 marks]

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PAHANG 2008 5. Diagram 8 shows a standardized normal distribution graph.

Diagram 8 The probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.3643. a) b) Find the value of . is a continuous random variable which is normally distributed with a mean of and a standard deviation of 8. Find the value of if = 70 when the z-score is . [3 marks]

PERAK 2008 6. a) Diagram 9 shows the standard normal distribution graph. If = 0.86, find 0 . [2 marks]

Diagram 9 b) is a continuous random variable which is normally distributed with a mean of and a standard deviation of 15. Find the value of when the value of = 58.7 correspond to the value of from part (a). [2 marks]

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SARAWAK 2008 7. A random variable has a normal distribution with mean 59 and variance 2 .Given that > 51 = 0.288, find the value of . [3 marks]

SBP 2008 8. X is a random variable which is normally distributed with mean and standard deviation of 6. Find a) b) the value of , if the z-value is 1.5 when X = 42, < 47 [3 marks]

SELANGOR 2008 9. In a box of apples, 25% of the fruits are rotten. If 10 apples are chosen at random from the box, find the probability that a) b) 10. exactly 4 rotten apples are chosen, not more than 1 rotten apple is chosen. [4 marks]

X is a random variable of a normal distribution with mean 420 and standard deviation of 12. Find a) b) the z-score if X = 405, < 414 [4 marks]

TERENGGANU 2008 11. Diagram 10 shows the standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 10 The probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.3577. a) Find the value of .

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X is a continuous random variable which is normally distributed with a mean of 65 and standard deviation of 5. Find the value of X when the z-score is . [4 marks]

SABAH 2008 12. In a shooting competition, the probability that Lim will strike the target is 0.75. If Lim fires 6 shots, calculate the probability that a) b) 13. all the shots hit the target, at least one of the shots hits the target. [4 marks]

X is a random variable of a normal distribution with mean 75 and standard deviation of 3. Find a) the z-score if X is 70, b) 72 79 [4 marks]

MRSM 2008 14. The probability that Ali scored a goal from a penalty kick in a soccer practice is . Ali attempts penalty kicks and the number of goals is recorded. Given that the mean and the standard deviation of the number of goals are 60 and 6 respectively, find the value of and of . [3 marks]

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PAPER 2(SET 2) JOHOR 2008 1. a) In an archery competition, the probability that Amir strikes the target is he tries six attempts, calculate the probability that, i) ii) b) he misses the target twice, he hits the target at least twice. [5 marks]
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. If

The mass of students of a school are normally distributed with a mean of 45 kg and the variance is 25 kg2. i) ii) Find the percentage of students with weigh more than 50 kg. Given that 35.2% of the students have a mass less than kg, find the value of . [5 marks]

KELANTAN 2008 2. a) A hockey club organizes a practice session for trainees on scoring goals from penalty strokes. Each trainee takes 6 penalty strokes. The probability that a trainee scores a goal from a penalty strokes is . After the session, it is found that the mean number of goals is scored by trainee is 2.4. i) ii) b) Find the value of . A trainee is chosen at random, find the probability that he scores at least two goals. [5 marks]

A survey on body mass is done on a group of students. The mass of a student follows a normal distribution with mean of 52 kg and a variance of 144 kg. i) ii) A student is chosen at random, calculate the probability that his mass is less than 40 kg. Given that 8% of the students have a mass of more than kg, find the value of . [5 marks]

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MELAKA 2008 3. a) The result of a study shows that 30% of the students in a school travel to school by bus. If 10 students from the school are chosen at random, calculate the probability that i) ii) b) exactly 3 of them travel by bus not more than 3 of them travel by bus [5 marks]

The volume of soft drinks bottled by a factory are normally distributed with a mean of 745 ml and a variance of 100 ml2. Find i) ii) the probability that a bottle of soft-drink chosen at random from the factory has a volume less than 755 ml, the value of if 70% of the soft-drink from the factory have a volume of more than ml. [5 marks]

NEGERI SEMBILAN 2008 4. a) In a study conducted on a group of graduates, it is found that 75% of them succeeded in gaining employment after graduation. i) ii) If 15 graduates are chosen at random, find the probability that there are at least 13 graduates employed after graduation. If the standard deviation of the employment of the graduates is 10.2, calculate the number of graduates who participated in this study. [5 marks] b) The mass of 2500 students of Excellent College is normally distributed with mean 58 kg and standard deviation 15 kg. Calculate i) ii) the number of students whose mass is more than 85 kg, the value of , given that 10% of the students have a mass of less than kg. [5 marks]

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PAHANG 2008 5. a) An infectious flu virus is spreading through a school. The probability of a randomly selected student having the flu next week is 0.3. Calculate, out of a class of 30 students, the probability of i) ii) b) exactly 5 students will have the flu next week. less than 2 students will have the flu next week [5 marks]

The length of steel rods produced by a machine is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 3 mm. It is found that 2.02% of all the rods are less than 25 mm long. Find i) ii) the mean length of rods produced by the machine. the probability that length of the rod is between 30 mm to 32 mm. [5 marks]

6. a) X is a discrete random variable such that ~ , 4 and the variance is 1.5. Find i) ii) b) the value of 2 [5 marks]
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The masses of papaya harvested from a papaya orchard has a normal distribution with a mean of 750 g and a standard deviation of 80 g. i) ii) If a papaya is chosen at random from that orchard, calculate the probability that its mass is in between 720 g and 770 g. In a particular day, 2000 papayas were plucked from the orchard. Estimate the number of papayas with mass between 720 g and 770 g.(Round up your answer to the nearest integer) [5 marks]

SARAWAK 2008 7. a) The results of a study shows that 30% of the residents of a village are farmers. If 12 residents from the village are chosen at random, find the probability that i) ii) exactly 5 of them are farmers, less than 3 of them are farmers. [5 marks]

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SBP 2008 8. a) In one housing area, 20% of the residents are senior citizens. i) ii) b) If a sample of seven persons is chosen at random, calculate the probability that at least two of them are senior citizens. [3 marks] If the variance of the senior citizens is 128, find the number of residents in the housing area. [2 marks]

In a field study, it is found that the mass of a student is normally distributed with a mean of 50 kg and a standard deviation of 15 kg. i) ii) If a student is selected randomly, calculate the probability that his mass is less than 41 kg. [2 marks] Given that 12% of the students have a mass greater than kg, find the value of . [3 marks]

SELANGOR 2008 9. a) A fair dice is rolled 5 times. Calculate the probability of getting i) ii) b) the number 6 for 5 times a prime number for 2 times [5 marks]

The marks of 500 students in a public examination has a normal distribution with a mean of 56 marks and a standard deviation of 32 marks. i) ii) If the pass mark is 40 or higher, determine the number of students who failed the examination. If the top 12% of the students are awarded a prize for scoring marks or more, find the value of . [5 marks]

TRENGGANU 2008 10. a) A Hockey Club organises practice session for trainees on scoring goals from penalty strokes. Each trainee takes 8 penalty strokes. The probability that a trainee scores a goal from a penalty stroke is . After the session, it is found that the mean number of goals for a trainee is 6.4. i) Find the value of

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If a trainee is chosen at random, find the probability that he scores at least three goals. [5 marks]

It is found that the masses of sweets produced by factory are normally distributed with a mean of g and a standard deviation of g. If 6.68% of the sweets have masses exceeding 5.3 g and 15.87% of the sweets have masses of less than 4.8 g, find the value of and . [5 marks]

MRSM 2008 11. a) On any day, the probability that Jalan Lembah will be congested is 0.2. Find the probability that in a given week, the road i) ii) b) will not be congested at all, will be congested for not more than 2 days. [4 marks]

A worker must arrive at his office before 0830 daily. The time taken to travel from his house to his office is normally distributed with a mean of 40 minutes and a standard deviation of 8 minutes. i) ii) If he departs from his house at 0755, find the probability that he will arrive late at his office. If he departs at 0740 daily, calculate the number of days he will arrive late at his office during 300 working days. [6 marks]