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_ __ ___ _ __ __ _ _ ______ J" _ "_____D_ __ "'___"__ __ J. '__'__D ""'D 'D 'Lniatures. Recently he has created a Patreon page where people have the option to make a monthly nation to support him. The Patreon page has 3 tiers: patrons in the \"Hobbit" tier pay $lfmonth, patrons in e \"Dwarf\" tier pay $5r'month and patrons in the \"Elf\" tier pay $10fmonth. used on other data for similar content providers it has been found that: o 80% of teenage patrons will opt for the Hobbit tier, 15% will opt for the Dwarf tier and 5% will opt for the Elf tier. 0 50% of working age patrons will opt for the Hobbit tier, 30% will opt for the Dwarf tier and 20% will opt for the Elf tier. 0 30% of retired patrons will opt for the Hobbit tier, 60% will opt for the Dwarf tier, and 10% will opt for the Elf tier. Of Eric's subscribers 50% are teenagers, 20% are working age and 30% are retirees. a) What proportion of Eric's patrons are expected to fall into each tier? [1 mark] b) What is the expected value of each patron? [I mark] c) Hannah is in the Elf tier, what is the probability that she is a retiree? [3 marks] Eric's YouTube channel has 40,000 subscribers, each subscriber has a probability of 0.02 of becoming a patron. a) What distribution does the number of patrons follow? Give all relevant parameters. [2 marks] b} Explain why it would be appropriate to approximate the distribution above by a Normal distribution? [1? mark] c} Assuming it is okay, what parameters would you use for the mean and standard deviation? [1 mark] To cover the costs of his time and materials Eric calculates that he needs to bring in $2400 f month. [Hint: rst use the expected value from part lb to work out how many patrons he needs] a) What is the probability that Eric can cover his costs? [i mark] h) Draw a picture of a standard normal distribution that indicates the probability you calculated in part (a) and the corresponding zvalue. [2 marks]

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