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Need a bit of explainign how this works
continuous random variable Y
mean=100
variance=256

Find K such that P(100-k more than /equal to Y less than eual to 100+k)
= 0.516

ans :k=11.2

Mark scheme says
p(Y less than/equal to 100 + k )= 0.516 + 1/2(1-0.516)
=0.758
P(Z less than/eual to k/16) = 0.758
and so on

i can't see how they arrived to these 2 conclusions

It also says some candidates stated
(100 +k -100) root 256
can be simplified to k/16 also

I'm not following this :s
from June 2001 paper
Reply 1
MIZZ
Need a bit of explainign how this works
continuous random variable Y
mean=100
variance=256

Find K such that P(100-k more than /equal to Y less than eual to 100+k)
= 0.516

ans :k=11.2

Mark scheme says
p(Y less than/equal to 100 + k )= 0.516 + 1/2(1-0.516)
=0.758
P(Z less than/eual to k/16) = 0.758
and so on

i can't see how they arrived to these 2 conclusions

It also says some candidates stated
(100 +k -100) root 256
can be simplified to k/16 also

I'm not following this :s
from June 2001 paper


The question is P(100-k<Y<100+k) = 0.516. As the distribution is normal, you know it must be symmetrical. As you know the area 0.516 is split evenly around the value 100 (which is the mean), there must be 0.258 on each side of 100. So on a standardised curve, phi of the z value would equal 0.5 + 0.258 = 0.758. If you look at the normal distribution table, z = 0.70 corresponds to this exactly. Thus by destandardising it (multiplying it by the standard deviation, which is 16) you should obtain k = 11.2.
Reply 2
ahhh
thanks ever so much boygenius :biggrin:

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