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Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics

Paper 3 Statistics and Mechanics


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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A

SECTION A: STATISTICS
Answer ALL questions

1 Sanjida sometimes takes the bus to school. The rest of the time she gets a lift.
In each case, there is a chance that she is late.
The tree diagram, Figure 1, shows the various probabilities.

Figure 1

a Write down the value of x.


(1)
b Calculate the probability that Sanjida is late to school.
(2)
Event A is defined as, ‘Sanjida is late to school’.
Event B is defined as, ‘Sanjida has a packed lunch’.
Given that
=P( B ) 0.55 =
and P( A ∩ B ) 0.14
c explain why events A and B are not independent
(1)
d calculate P(A’|B’).
(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 6 marks)

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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A

2 Siobhan is investigating the daily mean atmospheric pressure in Beijing.


She takes a sample from the 2015 weather data by selecting the first date at random and then choosing
every twentieth data point thereafter.
a State the sampling method Siobhan is using.
(1)
She records her data in Table 3. All values are in hPa.

1010 1008 990 1012 1012 1000 998 1005 1010

Table 3

b Use Siobhan’s data to estimate the probability that, for a randomly chosen date, the daily mean
pressure will be greater than 1000 hPa.
(1)
Siobhan calculates the mean of her sample to be 1005 and the standard deviation to be 7.12.
An outlier is defined as a data value more than two standard deviations from the mean.
c Show that 990 is an outlier.
(1)
d Clean the data and recalculate the mean.
(1)
e Suggest a way that Siobhan can improve the reliability of any conclusions she draws.
(1)

(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)

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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A

3 The daily maximum temperature, t °C, for the month of June at Heathrow is summarised in Table 1.

Daily maximum 15 ⩽ t < 20 20 ⩽ t < 22 22 ⩽ t < 25 25 ⩽ t < 30 30 ⩽ t < 35


temperature, t °C

Frequency 6 10 7 6 1

Table 1

a Use your calculator to estimate the


i mean
ii standard deviation
of the daily maximum temperature for the month of June at Heathrow.
(2)
The upper quartile for the data is given as 25 °C.
b Calculate an estimate for the interquartile range (IQR).
(3)
Simon calculates the IQR for the daily maximum temperature in Leuchars, Scotland in the same month
to be 4.8.
He claims that, the further north you go, the more variable the daily maximum temperature.
c Comment on Simon’s claim.
(1)
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Simon now models the daily maximum temperature at Heathrow by N(22.6, 3.8 ).
d Using this model, find the probability that the daily maximum temperature lies between the lower
and upper quartiles.
(2)
e Using your answer to part d, comment on the suitability of Simon’s model.
(1)

(Total for Question 3 is 9 marks)

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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A

4 Francine lives in Perth. She is investigating the relationship between the daily total rainfall, x, and the
daily mean wind speed, y.
She takes a random sample of eight days from weather data collected in 2015, as shown in Table 2.

Daily total
6.6 35.0 9.8 2.0 12.2 18.6 13.0 15.8
rainfall, x mm

Daily mean wind


6.4 14.1 9.4 5.2 9.3 10.1 8.6 8.8
speed, y knots

Table 2

a State the type of data recorded for daily total rainfall.


(1)
b Use your calculator to find the value of the product moment correlation coefficient for these data.
(1)
Francine claims that the value of the product moment correlation coefficient shows that there is a
positive correlation between the daily total rainfall and the daily mean wind speed.
c Test Francine’s claim, using a 1% level of significance.
State your hypotheses clearly.
(3)
Francine calculates the equation of the regression line of y-on-x to be
y = 5.3872 + 0.255x
d State, with a reason, whether Francine is justified in using a regression line for these data.
(1)
e Use Francine’s regression line to predict the daily mean wind speed when there is 20 mm of rainfall.
(1)
f Explain why Francine should not use her regression line to predict the daily mean wind speed when
there is 50 mm of rainfall.
(1)

(Total for Question 4 is 8 marks)

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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A

5 A company makes light bulbs.


The marketing manager claims that 60% of the company’s light bulbs last longer than 4000 hours.
a Explain why the company should take a sample of light bulbs to test this claim, rather than testing
all of the light bulbs.
(1)
A random sample of 25 light bulbs is chosen.
These light bulbs are then tested.
b Write down the distribution of the random variable X, where X is the number of light bulbs in the
sample that last longer than 4000 hours.
(1)
c Calculate P(X = 18).
(1)
Nine further, independent random samples of 25 light bulbs are taken.
d Find the probability that in six or more of the ten samples, fewer than 16 light bulbs last longer than
4000 hours.
(3)
In a second test, a sample of 250 light bulbs is taken.
It is found that 130 light bulbs last longer than 4000 hours.
e Write down, with reasons, a suitable approximating distribution for Y, where Y is the number of
light bulbs that last longer than 4000 hours in this new sample.
(2)
f Find P(Y ⩽ 130).
(2)
g Use your answer to part f to comment on the appropriateness of the company’s claim.
(1)

(Total for Question 5 is 11 marks)

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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A

6 A machine fills bottles with water.


The amount of water in cm3, W, is normally distributed with mean m and standard deviation 5 cm3.
a Given that 2.5% of the bottles contain more than 650 cm3 of water, find the value of m.
(3)
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Only bottles that are filled with between 630 cm and 645 cm can be sold.
20 bottles are chosen at random.
b Select and justify a suitable model for the random variable X, where X is the number of bottles that
can be sold.
Calculate the values of any parameters you decide you need.
(4)
An engineer suspects that the machine has developed a fault, which means the probability of a bottle
being able to be sold has changed.
c 12 of the random sample of 20 bottles are found to be saleable.
Test, at the 5% level of significance, the engineer’s suspicions.
State your hypotheses clearly.
(4)

(Total for Question 6 is 11 marks)


TOTAL FOR SECTION A IS 50 MARKS

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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B

SECTION B: MECHANICS
Answer ALL questions

7 State the correct SI units for,


a i velocity
(1)
ii weight.
(1)
b A car accelerates from rest to 7.2 km h−1 in 4 s.
Show that this is an acceleration of 0.5 m s−2.
(2)

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B

8 At t = 0 seconds, a car begins to decelerate at a constant rate from 20 m s−1 to 10 m s−1 over a period of
5 seconds.
It then maintains its speed for a further 5 seconds before decelerating at a constant rate and coming to
rest in 10 seconds.
a Draw a velocity–time graph to show the motion of the car between t = 0 and t = 20 seconds.
(4)
b Calculate the acceleration of the car in the first five seconds.
(2)
c Work out the total distance travelled by the car.
(3)

(Total for Question 9 is 9 marks)

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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B

9 Figure 2 shows a particle of mass m kg suspended by one lightweight string that cannot be stretched.
The string is attached to a vertical wall at point A.
It makes an angle of α to the vertical.
A horizontal force, P, keeps the particle in equilibrium.

Figure 2

P
Show that tan α = .
mg
(3)

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B

10 A box sits motionless on a rough inclined plane.


a Draw a diagram to show all the forces acting on the box.
Write the name of each force clearly.
(3)
b A force of P N is applied to the box parallel to the slope, causing the box to accelerate up the slope
at 3 m s−2.
The box has a mass of 5 kg.
5
The slope is angled at α to the horizontal where tan α = .
12
The coefficient of friction is 0.2.
Find the value of P.
(6)
After five seconds, the force P is removed.
c Work out how long it take the box to come to a complete stop.
(5)

(Total for Question 10 is 14 marks)

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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B

11 A uniform plank, AC, of length 10 m and mass 12 kg, lies on the edge of a vertical cliff, as shown in
Figure 3.

Figure 3

A mass of 5 kg is attached to the plank at C.


Given that the plank is on the point of tipping, work out the distance BC.
(3)

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B

12 A ball is projected from point A with speed 20 m s−1 at an angle of α to the horizontal.
Point A is 40 m above the horizontal plane and the ball lands at point B, 4 seconds after being projected.
a Work out the value of α.
(4)
b Show that the horizontal distance between A and B is 70.2 m.
(4)

(Total for Question 12 is 8 marks)

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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B

13 A particle P moves in a horizontal plane.


At time t, the velocity of P is given by,
v = at2i + 3tj
where a is a positive constant.
At t = 1 second, the acceleration of the particle is 5 m s−2.
a Show that a = 2.
(4)
b At t = 0, the particle is at the origin O.
Work out the distance between the particle and the origin after three seconds of its motion.
(5)

(Total for Question 13 is 9 marks)


TOTAL FOR SECTION B IS 50 MARKS
TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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