SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN BUKIT MERTAJAM

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. The weight for each of a student is denoted by x. The weight of 50
students is summarized below.
Weight (kg) Cumulative frequency
40 s x 0
45 s x 2
50 s x 15
55 s x 39
60 s x 42
70 s x 48
80 s x 50

(a) Display the data in a histogram. [4]
(b) Estimate the median weight. [2]
(c) Determine the standard deviation of the weight of students. [4]

2. The following table shows the numbers of male and female viewers who
prefer either sports or musical programmes on television.
Sports Musical
Male 89 36
Female 50 75

A television viewer involved in the survey is selected at random. A is the
event that a female viewer is selected and B is the event that a viewer
prefers musical programmes.
(a) Find ) ( P B A and ) ( P B A . [2]
(b) Determine whether A and B are independent and A and B are
mutually exclusive. [3]

3. The table below shows the oral examination marks and final written
examination marks for the English Language.
Oral examination 15 12 11 20 26 25 30
written examination 30 33 29 60 80 90 85

Determine the Spearman rank correlation coefficients for oral
examination marks and final written examination marks for the English
Language. Comment on your answer. [5]
4. The following table shows the quarterly profits (RM 000) of a company.
Quarter
Year
1 2 3 4
2010 26 44 100 46
2011 32 56 120 50
2012 34 58 122 52

(a) Calculate the centred four-quarter moving average for this times
series. [4]
(b) Plot the actual data and the moving averages on the same axes. [4]
(c) Using an additive model, calculate the adjusted seasonal variation
for each of the four quarters. Write down your answer correct to
two decimal places. [4]

5. A survey on body-mass is carried out on a group of students. Their
masses are normally distributed with a mean of 45 kg and a standard
deviation of 12 kg.
(a) If a student is selected at random, calculate the probability that his
mass is more than 51 kg. [2]
(b) Given that 15% of the students have a mass of less than m kg, find
the value of m. [4]

6. The table below shows the prices and the net sales of three types of
handphone for a departmental store for the year 2010 and 2011.
Type of
Handphone
Price (RM) Number of handphone
2010 2011 2010 2011
A 480 550 250 200
B 350 400 130 150
C 750 680 50 100

(a) Taking the year 2010 as the base year, calculate
(i) the simple aggregate price index for the year 2011, [2]
(ii) the Passche price index for the year 2011.
Hence, comment on the changes in the prices of handphone
from year 2010 to 2011. [3]
(b) State which of the two price indices in (a) is more suitable to
measure changes in price for the handphone. Give a reason for your
answer. [2]


Section B [15 marks]
Answer any one question in this section.

7. A continuous random variable X representing the amount of sugar (in g)
used by a family in a week has the probability density function

s s
=
otherwise , 0
2 1 ), 2 )( 1 (
) (
x x x c
x f
(a) Determine the value of constant c. [3]
(b) Find the cumulative distribution function ) ( ) ( F x X P x s = . [3]
(c) Calculate the mean and variance for X. [6]
(d) Find the probability that the family uses less than 1.8 kg of sugar
but more than 1.3 kg in a week. [3]

8. (a) The discrete random variable X has the probability function

=
+
= =
otherwise
x
x k
x X P
, 0
2 , 1 , 0 , 1 ,
8
) 2 (
) (
(i) Determine the value of k.
(ii) Calculate ) 5 . 1 1 ( s < X P [4]

(b) A football club organizes a training session for trainees on penalty
kicks. Each trainee is given 9 penalty kicks. The probability that a
trainee score a goal from a penalty kick is p. After the session, it is
found that the mean of goals for a trainee is 3.6.
(i) Find the value of p.
(ii) If a trainee is chosen at random, find the probability that he
scores at least two goals. [4]

(c) The mean number of emergency calls per day (24 hours) received
by the fire station is 2. Determine
(i) The probability that exactly 2 emergency calls are received by
the fire station in a day.
(ii) the probability that at least 1 emergency call is received by the
fire station in a day.
(iii) The probability that no emergency call is received by the fire
station from 0000 to 0600 hours of a day. [7]


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