A-LevelMathematicsProbability and statisticsMay/June 2018Paper 6 Q36 Marks
(i) The volume of soup in Super Soup cartons has a normal distribution with mean μ millilitres and standard deviation 9 millilitres. Tests have shown that 10% of cartons contain less than 440 millilitres of soup. Find the value of μ. (ii) A food retailer orders 150 Super Soup cartons. Calculate the number of these cartons for which you would expect the volume of soup to be more than 1.8 standard deviations above the mean.
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