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CAPE Integrated Mathematics · 2017 · Paper 2 · Question 4(b)(ii)

Twenty overweight children, of ages four and five years, were enrolled in a diet programme for five weeks. Box-and-whisker plots summarize their weights before and after the diet.

What conclusion can be drawn about the special diet programme? Give a reason for your answer.

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  1. 4(a)A survey of 200 people shopping Sunday to Thursday is shown in the pie chart. If E = 2A and B = 3A, determine the number of persons who shop on Thursday.[5 marks]
  2. 4(b)(i)Estimate the median weight before and after the diet.[2 marks]
  3. 4(c)Given that X ~ Bin(8, 0.65), show that P(X > 1) = 0.99643, correct to five decimal places.[5 marks]
  4. 4(d)A machine produces plastic bottles with capacity having mean 24.3 ml and standard deviation 0.6 ml, normally distributed. Find the probability that a plastic…[6 marks]
  5. 4(e)(i)Using the regression equation \hat{y} = 0.186 + 0.64x, where \hat{y} is weight loss in kilograms and x is number of weeks of exercise, determine the weight…[3 marks]
  6. 4(e)(ii)The correlation coefficient, r, was found to be 0.981. Comment on the accuracy of the answer obtained in part (e)(i) above.[2 marks]

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