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Math Applications SL Paper 1 (November 2024, TZ2)

  1. [Maximum mark: 7]
    The records at a driving school show that 55 % of students pass their driving test on the first attempt.
    A group of 20 students take their driving test for the first time.
    As part of its quality control, the driving school uses the model X ~ B(20, 0.55), where X is the number of students who pass the driving test.

(a) Calculate the
(i) mean of X [2]

(ii) variance of X. [2]

(b) Find the probability that
(i) exactly 14 students pass the test [2]

(ii) fewer than 5 students pass the test. [2]

(c) State one assumption that the driving school makes in using this model. [1]