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A-LevelMathematicsProbability and statisticsMay/June 2024Paper 6 Q711 Marks

Every July, as part of a research project, Rita collects data about sightings of a particular kind of bird. Each day in July she notes whether she sees this kind of bird or not, and she records the number X of days on which she sees it. She models the distribution of X by B(31, p), where p is the probability of seeing this kind of bird on a randomly chosen day in July. Data from previous years suggests that p = 0.3, but in 2022 Rita suspected that the value of p had been reduced. She decided to carry out a hypothesis test. In July 2022, she saw this kind of bird on 4 days.

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About This A-Level Mathematics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Mathematics (9709) May/June 2024 examination, Paper 6 Variant 1. It tests the topic of Probability and statistics and is worth 11 marks.

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