IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches Topic SL 4.12—Z Values, Inverse Normal to Find Mean and Standard Deviation Questionbank (SL/HL)

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Question 1

SLPaper 2

A clinic measures the systolic blood pressure of all visiting patients. The blood pressure $P$ , in mmHg, of patients is normally distributed with a mean of $122$ mmHg and a standard deviation of $9$ mmHg. A patient is classified as having elevated blood pressure if $P > 130$ mmHg.

A patient is selected at random.

Find the probability that this patient has elevated blood pressure.

[3]

Given that the patient has elevated blood pressure, find the probability that their blood pressure is greater than $140$ mmHg.

[3]

Two patients are selected at random. Find the probability that they both have elevated blood pressure.

[3]

Three hundred patients are selected at random.

Find the probability that at least $50$ of these $300$ patients have elevated blood pressure.

[4]

Three hundred patients are selected at random.

Find the expected number of patients with elevated blood pressure among these $300$ patients.

[2]

Question 2

SLPaper 2

A bakery produces loaves of bread. The weights $X$ , in grams, of loaves can be modelled by a normal distribution where $X \sim N (μ, σ^{2})$ . A loaf is classified as substandard if it weighs less than $480$ grams.

Given that $μ = 510$ and $σ = 12$ , find the probability that a randomly selected loaf is substandard.

[2]

The bakery decides that the probability that a loaf is substandard should be $0.0008$ . To do this $μ$ is increased and $σ$ is kept unchanged.

Calculate the new value of $μ$ , rounding your answer to the nearest gram.

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The bakery is happy with the decision that the probability that a loaf is substandard should be $0.0008$ , but is unhappy with the way in which this was achieved. The machines are now adjusted to reduce $σ$ and return $μ$ back to $510$ grams.

Calculate the new value of $σ$ , rounding your answer to the nearest gram.

[3]

Question 3

SLPaper 2

Let $W$ be the mass, in g, of packets filled by a machine. The masses are normally distributed with mean $μ = 250 g$ and variance $σ^{2} = 25 g^{2}$ .

Calculate $P (W \leq 256)$ .

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Find the value of $k$ (in g) such that $P (250 - k < W < 250 + k) = 0.70$ .

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Question 4

SLPaper 2

Let $H$ be the height, in cm, of a student in a school. The heights are normally distributed with mean $μ = 165 cm$ and variance $σ^{2} = 64 cm^{2}$ .

Calculate $P (H \leq 157)$ .

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Find the value of $k$ (in cm) such that $P (165 - k < H < 165 + k) = 0.60$ .

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Question 5

SLPaper 2

Let $X$ and $Y$ be normally distributed with $X \sim N (80, σ^{2})$ and $Y \sim N (56, σ^{2})$ , where the values are measured in kilograms.

Find $k$ such that $P (Y > k) = P (X < k)$ .

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Given that $P (X > 76) = 0.7881$ , find $P (60 < Y < 65)$ .

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IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL 4.12—Z Values, Inverse Normal to Find Mean and Standard Deviation Questionbank

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IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL 4.12—Z Values, Inverse Normal to Find Mean and Standard Deviation Questionbank

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