Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Continuous random variables

Continuous random variables — practice question

A bakery produces loaves of bread in batches. For one batch, the amounts of dried yeast and flour are $X$ kilograms and $Y$ kilograms, and $X$ and $Y$ have the independent distributions $\mathrm{N}(0.7, 0.02^2)$ and $\mathrm{N}(100.0, 3.0^2)$ respectively. Dried yeast is priced at $\$13.50$ per kilogram and flour at $\$0.90$ per kilogram. To make one batch of bread, the total of all other costs is $\$55$. The bakery sells each batch of bread for $\$200$.
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Find the probability that the profit on one randomly selected batch of bread is more than $\$40$.

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This 7-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: The expected values are $E(D)=9.45$, $E(F)=90$

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