A Christmas draw aims to sell 5000 tickets, 50 of which will win a prize. (a) A
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A Christmas draw aims to sell 5000 tickets, 50 of which will win a prize.
(a) A syndicate buys 200 tickets. Let X represent the number of these tickets that win a prize. (i) Justify the use of the Poisson approximation for the distribution of X. (ii) Calculate P(X < 3).
(b) Calculate how many tickets should be bought in order for there to be a 90% probability of winning at least one prize. (C)
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A Concise Course In Advanced Level Statistics With Worked Examples
ISBN: 9780748754755
4th Edition
Authors: J. Crawshaw, J. Chambers
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