Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · The Poisson distribution

The Poisson distribution — practice question

Throughout the holidays, Martin spends $25\%$ of each day playing computer games, and his friend rings him once per day at a time chosen at random.
(i)[2]

Find the probability that, in one $8$-day holiday period, exactly $2$ of the days are ones on which Martin is playing computer games when his friend phones.

(ii)[1]

Another holiday period lasts $12$ days. State, with a reason, whether it is appropriate to use a normal approximation to find the probability that Martin is playing computer games when his friend phones on fewer than $7$ days.

(iii)[5]

Find the probability that, in a $40$-day holiday period, there are at least $13$ days on which Martin is playing computer games when his friend phones.

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This 8-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Correct 3-term binomial probability expression, for example $P(X=2)=\binom{8}{2}(0.25)^2(0.75)^6$

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