Each year a transport firm uses X litres of gasoline and Y litres of diesel fuel, where X and Y have the independent distributions X∼N(10700,9502) and Y∼N(13400,12102).
(a) Find the probability that in a randomly chosen year the firm uses more gasoline than diesel fuel.
(5)
The costs per litre of gasoline and diesel fuel are $0.80 and $0.85 respectively.
(b) Find the probability that the total cost of gasoline and diesel fuel in a randomly chosen year is between $20 000 and $22 000.
(5)
题目中文翻译
一家运输公司每年使用 X 升汽油和 Y 升柴油,其中 X 和 Y 相互独立,分别服从 X∼N(10700,9502) 和 Y∼N(13400,12102)。
(a) 随机选取一年,求该公司汽油用量超过柴油用量的概率。
(5)
汽油和柴油的每升价格分别为 0.80 美元和 0.85 美元。
(b) 随机选取一年,求汽油和柴油的总费用介于 20000 美元与 22000 美元之间的概率。
(5)
原卷通用作答要求
Answer all questions. You should use a calculator where appropriate.
You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a calculator.
Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.