This examination paper consists of THREE sections: Discrete Mathematics, Probability and Distributions, and
Statistical Inferences.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
3. Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers MUST be given
exactly OR to three significant figures as appropriate.
Examination Materials:
SECTION A
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
1. (a) In the context of graph theory, distinguish between a 'trail' and a 'path'. [2 marks]
(b)
1f-----------,.C
G H
D E
Total 7 marks
a NOT gate:
an OR gate:
==D-
an AND gate:
=0-
a
b
c
Write down the Boolean expression for the logic circuit and construct the corresponding truth table.
Total 8 marks
a) converse
b) contrapositive
c) inverse
Total 8 marks
4. For every desktop and laptop model sold by a computer store, a profit of $400 and $600 is m ade
respectively. In any month, a m aximum of90 desktops and 70 laptops are supplied to the store. Since
it takes 3 hours per desktop and 4 hours pe r laptop to set up software, a maxi mum of 400 hours is set
aside each month for software installations. Definjng any variables used, formulate a linear prograrnmjng
model which could be used to determine the maxjmum monthly profit from the computers. [You are not
required to solve the problem.]
Total9 marks
(c) State the coordinates of the vertices of the shaded region. [3 marks]
Total 8 marks
SECTIONB
TotalS marks
7. (a) A team of 6 persons is to be chosen from 5 men and 6 women to work on a special project.
Calculate the number of ways the team can be chosen so as to inc!ude more men than women.
[4 marks]
(b) A courier service has 2 new trucks in a fl eet of 6. On a particular day two trucks are used to
deliver parcels. Given that the trucks are chosen randomly for any particular delivery, determi ne
the probability that exactly one new truck is used. [4 marks]
Total 8 marks
8. X andY are two independent random variables such thatE(X 2 ) = 16, E(Y) =2, E(Y 2) =20, Var(X) =7
and Var(Y) = 16. Determine
Total 8 marks
9. A drink company is planning to market a new drink. The financial department of the company made an
analysis of the new drink and predicted that it would earn an annual profit of $3 million if the sales are
high, $1.1 million if the sales are average and lose $2 million if the sales are low. The financial department
gave the probabilities of these three situations as 0.29, p , and 0.15 respectively.
If X is the profit, in millions of dollars, earned per annum by the company from the new drink:
Total 9 marks
10. On average 6 identical independent trials of an experiment are needed to obtain a successful outcome.
Letp denote the probability of a successful outcome and X the number of atte mpts needed to obtain a
successful outcome.
(a) Name an appropriate distribution that may be used to model this situation, giving its parameter(s).
[2 marks]
(c) Find the probability that it takes at most two attempts to obtain the first successful outcome.
[3 marks]
Total 7 marks
SECTIONC
STATISTICAL INFERENCES
11. In a study conducted to assess the extent of contaminated meat pies be ing sold in a city, 110 meat pies
prepared by vendors were randomly collected and examined. A total of 91 meat pies were found to be
contaminated.
Calculate a 95 % confidence interval for the true proportion of contaminated meat pies in the city.
Total 6 marks
12. A distributor of cereal claims that the boxes of cereal he produces have a mean weight of 400 grams
with a standard deviation of20 grams.
Calculate the probability that40 randomly selected boxes of his cereal will have a mean weight exceeding
405 grams.
TotalS marks
13. A study c laims that the mean number of work-hours needed to assemble a machine is 120.
A sample of 15 randomly selected machines was found to have a mean assembly time of 124 hours and
standard deviation 5 hours.
This information is used to test whether the mean number of work-hours is different from 120, using a
5% significance leveL
Total10 marks
14. On average 35 % of students pass an introductory Mathematics course. In 2004, 45% of the 225
students pass the course. Use a 10% level of significance to test whether the proportion of students
passing the course has increased.
(a) State whether a one-tailed or two-tailed test is appropriate in this situation. [1 mark]
Total 9 marks
15. Fifty observations of a random variable X , yielded the following summarised data:
u=2030 u 2 = 85 620.
Calculate an unbiased estimate of the population mean and standard deviation.
Total 7 marks
END OF TEST
02105011/CAPE 2005