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S3 2026 Jan Q3

A Level / Edexcel / S3

IAL 2026 Jan Paper · Question 3

题目

Problem

3.

A machine produces packets of cereal with weights, XX kg, such that X∼N(μ,σ2)X\sim N(\mu,\sigma^2).

A random sample of these packets is taken and a 95% confidence interval for μ\mu is found to be (509.1572, 510.8428).

(a) Find a 90% confidence interval for μ\mu based on the same sample of packets. You must show your working and give your confidence limits to one decimal place.

(6)

Using three different random samples, three 90% confidence intervals are to be found.

(b) Calculate the probability that at least 1 of these intervals will contain μ\mu.

(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 8 marks)
题目中文翻译

某机器生产一批批谷物包装,重量 XX kg,且 X∼N(μ,σ2)X\sim N(\mu,\sigma^2)。

从这些包装中抽取一个随机样本,得到 μ\mu 的 95% 置信区间为 (509.1572, 510.8428)。

(a) 根据同一样本,求 μ\mu 的 90% 置信区间。你必须写出计算过程,并将置信区间端点保留到小数点后 1 位。

(6)

使用三个不同的随机样本,将分别求出三个 90% 置信区间。

(b) 计算有至少 1 个这样的区间包含 μ\mu 的概率。

(2)

解答

(a)

解法一

思路

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原 95%95\% 信赖区间关于样本均值对称,因此其中点就是 x‾\overline{x}。区间总宽度等于 2×1.96×σn2\times1.96\times\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt n},可由此恢复标准误;再把临界值改为 90%90\% 区间所用的 1.64491.6449。

答题过程

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The sample mean is the midpoint of the given confidence interval:

x‾= 509.1572+510.84282= 510.\begin{align*} \overline{x} =&\,\frac{509.1572+510.8428}{2}\\ =&\,510. \end{align*}

Let the standard error be σn\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt n}. The width of the 95%95\% confidence interval gives

2(1.96)σn= 510.8428−509.1572= 1.6856.\begin{align*} 2(1.96)\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt n} =&\,510.8428-509.1572\\ =&\,1.6856. \end{align*}

Therefore,

σn= 1.68562(1.96)= 0.43.\begin{align*} \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt n} =&\,\frac{1.6856}{2(1.96)}\\ =&\,0.43. \end{align*}

For a 90%90\% confidence interval, z=1.6449z=1.6449. Hence the confidence limits are

 510±1.6449(0.43)= 510±0.707307…= (509.29269…, 510.70731…).\begin{align*} &\,510\pm1.6449(0.43)\\ =&\,510\pm0.707307\ldots\\ =&\,(509.29269\ldots,\ 510.70731\ldots). \end{align*}

Thus, to 1 decimal place, the 90%90\% confidence interval is

(509.3, 510.7).\boxed{(509.3,\ 510.7)}.

(b)

解法一

思路

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三个区间来自三个不同的随机样本,所以可把它们视为独立。每个 90%90\% 信赖区间包含 μ\mu 的概率为 0.90.9。令 YY 表示三个区间中包含 μ\mu 的个数,则 Y∼B(3,0.9)Y\sim B(3,0.9),用补事件求至少一个包含的概率。

答题过程

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Let YY be the number of the three confidence intervals that contain μ\mu. Then

Y∼B⁡(3,0.9).Y\sim\operatorname{B}(3,0.9).

Therefore,

P(Y≥1)= 1−P(Y=0)= 1−(0.1)3= 0.999.\begin{align*} P(Y\geq1) =&\,1-P(Y=0)\\ =&\,1-(0.1)^3\\ =&\,\boxed{0.999}. \end{align*}