Question: Question 2 [Total: 25 marks] (a) The hypermarket manager order 100 cartons of fruits from supplier A and 50 cartons of fruits from supplier B.
Question 2 [Total: 25 marks]
(a) The hypermarket manager order 100 cartons of fruits from supplier A and 50 cartons of fruits from supplier B. 5% of the cartons of fruits supply by supplier A are spoiled and 93% of the cartons of fruits supply by supplier B are good. (i) Draw a well-labelled tree diagram to illustrate this situation, then calculate all the joint probabilities. [5 marks]
(ii) Calculate the total number of cartons of fruits which are spoiled. [3 marks]
(iii) Given that a random selected carton of fruits is spoiled, calculate the probability that the carton of fruits is supply by supplier A. [3 marks]
(b) A large batch of toys contains 20% defectives. They are sold in packets each containing six toys. Find the probability that a purchaser will receive a packet containing. (i) two or more defectives toys, [4 marks]
(ii) at most five defectives toys. [3 marks]
(c) The weight of a particular brand of cereal in a packet can be approximated to a normal distribution with a mean of 500 grams and a standard deviation of 10 grams. (i) What is the percentage that a randomly selected packet will contain between 505 and 515 grams of cereal? [4 marks]
(ii) Determine the minimum weight of cereal exceeded by 10% of the packets.[3 marks]
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