Cambridge A Level Mathematics 9709 — 2023 Oct/Nov Paper 6 · Variant 3

2 In a survey of 300 randomly chosen adults in Rickton, 134 said that they exercised regularly. This information was used to calculate an !% confidence interval for the proportion of adults in Rickton who exercise regularly. The upper bound of the confidence interval was found to be 0.487, correct to 3 significant figures. Find the value of ! correct to the nearest integer. [4] ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................

Mark scheme: 2 M1 For expression of the correct form. 134  166 134 300 300 + z = 0.487 300 300 z = 1.405 A1 Accept 1.404, or anything that rounds to 1.39 to 1.41. ɸ–1('1.405') = 0.9199 or 0.92; 1 − 2(1 – 0.92) M1 Attempt area above or below their 1.405 and convert to a confidence level. α = 84 A1 Allow α = 84%. cwo Note: final answer 0.84 scores A0. 4

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3 A website owner finds that, on average, his website receives 0.3 hits per minute. He believes that the number of hits per minute follows a Poisson distribution. (a) Assume that the owner is correct. (i) Find the probability that there will be at least 4 hits during a 10-minute period. 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(ii) Use a suitable approximating distribution to find the probability that there will be fewer than 40 hits during a 3-hour period. 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A friend agrees that the website receives, on average, 0.3 hits per minute. However, she notices that the number of hits during the day-time (9.00am to 9.00pm) is usually about twice the number of hits during the night-time (9.00pm to 9.00am). (b) (i) Explain why this fact contradicts the owner’s belief that the number of hits per minute follows a Poisson distribution. 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(ii) Specify separate Poisson distributions that might be suitable models for the number of hits during the day-time and during the night-time. 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Mark scheme: 3(a)(i) λ = 3 B1 For mean = 3. 3 2 33 M1 Any λ. Allow one end error. 1 – e–3(1 + 3 + + ) or 1 – e–3(1 + 3 + 4.5 + 4.5) 2 3! or 1 – (0.04979 + 0.14936 + 0.22404 + 0.22404) = 0.353 (3 sf) A1 No working scores B1. 3 3(a)(ii) N(54, 54) M1 soi 39.5 − 54 M1 Allow with wrong or no continuity correction. (= –1.973) 54 For standardising with their mean and variance. 1 – ɸ ('1.973') M1 For area consistent with their working. = 0.0242 (3 sf) A1 Special case: if no working seen, 0.0242 scores SC B3, 0.0284 scores SC B2. 4 3(b)(i) ‘Mean not constant’ or’ ‘number of hits per minute not constant’ or ‘not a B1 constant rate’ 1 3(b)(ii) 2p + p = 2 × 0.3 [p = 0.2] M1 May be implied by answer. [where p is the rate per minute for night time] [During day-time]: Po(0.4). [During night-time]: Po(0.2) A1 Accept Po(24) [per daytime hour], Po(12) [per night time hour]. Accept Po(288) [per day time shift], Po(144)[ per night time shift]. Note: Po(432), Po(216) scores M0A0. 2

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4 The masses, in kilograms, of chemicals A and B produced per day by a factory are modelled by the independent random variables X and Y respectively, where X ∼N 10.3, 5.76 and Y ∼N 11.4, 9.61 . The income generated by the chemicals is $2.50 per kilogram for A and $3.25 per kilogram for B. (a) Find the mean and variance of the daily income generated by chemical A. 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(b) Find the probability that, on a randomly chosen day, the income generated by chemical A is greater than the income generated by chemical B. 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Mark scheme: 4(a) E(A income) = [10.3 × 2.50 ] = 25.75 [$] B1 Accept 3sf. Var(A income) = [5.76 × 2.502 ] = 36 [$2] B1 2 4(b) B income ~ N(37.05, 101.506) B1 Or N(37.1, 102) soi. or E(B income) = 37.05 and Var(B income) = 101.51 A income – B income ~ N(‘25.75’ – ‘37.05’, ‘36’ + ‘101.506’) M1 Ft their values for A and B. = N(–11.3, 137.506) A1 Accept 3sf. 0 −−( '11.3') M1 Standardising with their values from attempt at A [= 0.964] income – B income. '137.506' 1 – ɸ('0.964') M1 For area consistent with their values. = 0.168 or 0.167 (3 sf) A1 cwo 6

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7 A biologist wishes to test whether the mean concentration -, in suitable units, of a certain pollutant in a river is below the permitted level of 0.5. She measures the concentration, x, of the pollutant at 50 randomly chosen locations in the river. The results are summarised below. n = 50 Σx = 23.0 Σx2 = 13.02 (a) Carry out a test at the 5% significance level of the null hypothesis - = 0.5 against the alternative hypothesis - < 0.5. 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Later, a similar test is carried out at the 5% significance level using another sample of size 50 and the same hypotheses as before. You should assume that the standard deviation is unchanged. (b) Given that, in fact, the value of - is 0.4, find the probability of a Type II error. 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Mark scheme: 7(a) Est (μ) = 23/50 = 0.46 B1 50 13.02 2 50 13.02 2 M1 For an expression of the correct form for unbiased Est (σ) = oe  − 0.46 or Est (σ2) =  − 0.46 standard deviation or variance. ) 49 ( 50 49 50 1  (23.0) 2  Or estimated unbiased variance =  13.02 −  49  50   61  A1 Est (σ) = 0.22315 or Est (σ2) = 0.0497959 =   or 0.0498  1225  0.46 − 0.5 M1 Standardising with their values. '0.22315' 50 = –1.268 or -1.267 or = –1.27 (3sf) A1 −1.268 > –1.645 or 0.102 to 0.103 > 0.05 M1 For a valid comparison. [Do not reject Ho] There is insufficient evidence [at 5% level] that the mean A1 FT In context, not definite. E.g., not ‘Mean concentration is concentration is less than 0.5. not less than 0.5’. No contradictions. 7 7(b) cv − 0.5 M1 = −1.645 '0.22315' 50 cv = 0.448(1) or 0.448 (3 sf) A1 '0.448'− 0.4 M1 [=1.521 to 1.524] '0.22315' 50 1 – ɸ('1.524') M1 For area consistent with their working. = 0.0638 to 0.0642 A1 5

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