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Math Analysis HL Paper 1 (May 2024, TZ2)

  1. [Maximum mark: 5]
    A farmer grows two types of apples—cooking apples and eating apples. The weights of the apples, in grams, can be modelled as normal distributions with the following parameters:
Apple typeMean μ\muStandard deviation σ\sigma
Eating100 g20 g
Cooking140 g40 g

For each type of apple you can assume that 95 % of the weights are within two standard deviations of the mean.

(a) Find the percentage of eating apples that have a weight greater than 140 g.

The farmer grows a large number of apples of which 80 % are eating apples. Both types of apples are picked and randomly mixed together in a cleaning machine. After cleaning, the machine separates out those that have a weight greater than 140 g into a container.

(b) An apple is randomly selected from this container. Find the probability that it is an eating apple. Give your answer in the form cd\frac{c}{d}, where c,dZ+c, d \in \mathbb{Z}^+.