Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations GCE Further Mathematics B MEIY422/01: Statistics major A Level Question paper with marking scheme (merged)

Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Examinations GCE Further
Mathematics B MEIY422/01:
Statistics major
A Level
Question paper with marking scheme
(merged)

, Oxford Cambridge and RSA

Friday 16 June 2023 – Afternoon
A Level Further Mathematics B (MEI)
Y422/01 Statistics Major
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
* 9 9 7 0 4 1 3 1 4 1 *




You must have:
• the Printed Answer Booklet



QP
• the Formulae Booklet for Further Mathematics B
(MEI)
• a scientific or graphical calculator




INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink. You can use an HB pencil, but only for graphs and diagrams.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided in the Printed Answer
Booklet. If you need extra space use the lined pages at the end of the Printed Answer
Booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Printed Answer Booklet.
• Answer all the questions.
• Where appropriate, your answer should be supported with working. Marks might be
given for using a correct method, even if your answer is wrong.
• Give your final answers to a degree of accuracy that is appropriate to the context.
• Do not send this Question Paper for marking. Keep it in the centre or recycle it.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 120.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 12 pages.

ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.




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Section A (25 marks)


1 A website simulates the outcome of throwing four fair dice. Ten thousand people take part in a
challenge using the website in which they have one attempt at getting four sixes in the four throws
of the dice. The number of people who succeed in getting four sixes is denoted by the random
variable X.
1
(a) Show that, for each person, the probability that the person gets four sixes is equal to 1296 . [1]

(b) Explain why you could use either a binomial distribution or a Poisson distribution to model
the distribution of X. [3]

(c) Use a Poisson distribution to calculate each of the following probabilities.
• P(X = 10)
• P(X 2 10) [3]

(d) In another challenge on the website, 50 people are each given 20 independent attempts to try
to get four sixes as often as they can.

Determine the probability that no more than 2 people succeed in getting four sixes at least
once in their 20 attempts. [3]




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2 A student is investigating the link between temperature and electricity consumption in the winter
months. The student finds the average minimum temperature, x °C, from across the country on a
day. The student then finds the total electricity consumption for that day, y GWh.

The scatter diagram below shows the values of x and y obtained from a random sample of
10 winter days. It also shows the equation of the regression line of y on x and the value of r 2 ,
where r is the product moment correlation coefficient.

y

1150

1100

1050 y =- 10.26x + 1013
r 2 = 0.5986
1000

950

900

x
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10


(a) Use the regression line to estimate the electricity consumption at each of the following
average minimum temperatures.
• 5 °C
• -4 °C [2]

(b) Comment on the reliability of your estimates. [3]




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