bac-s-maths 2018 Q1

bac-s-maths · France · amerique-sud 4 marks Conditional Probability Direct Conditional Probability Computation from Definitions
Exercise 1
4 points
Common to all candidates
Parts $\mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B }$ and C can be treated independently. Throughout the exercise, results should be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest thousandth.
Part A
A merchant receives the results of a market study on consumer habits in France. According to this study:
  • $54 \%$ of consumers prefer products of French manufacture;
  • $65 \%$ of consumers regularly buy products from organic agriculture, and among them $72 \%$ prefer products of French manufacture.

A consumer is chosen at random. The following events are considered:
  • B: ``a consumer regularly buys products from organic agriculture'';
  • $F$ : ``a consumer prefers products of French manufacture''.

We denote $P ( A )$ the probability of event $A$ and $P _ { C } ( A )$ the probability of $A$ given $C$.
  1. Justify that $P ( \bar { B } \cap F ) = 0.072$.
  2. Calculate $P _ { F } ( \bar { B } )$.
  3. A consumer is chosen who does not regularly buy products from organic agriculture. What is the probability that he prefers products of French manufacture?

Part B
The merchant is interested in the quantity in kilograms of organic flour sold each month at retail in his store. This quantity is modeled by a random variable $X$ which follows the normal distribution with mean $\mu = 90$ and standard deviation $\sigma = 2$.
  1. At the beginning of each month, the merchant ensures he has 95 kg in stock.

What is the probability that he cannot meet customer demand during the month?
2. Determine an approximate value to the nearest hundredth of the real number $a$ such that $P ( X < a ) = 0.02$.
Interpret the result in the context of the exercise.
Part C
In this market study, it is specified that $46.8 \%$ of consumers in France prefer local products. The merchant observes that among his 2500 customers, 1025 regularly buy local products. Is his customer base representative of consumers in France?
\section*{Exercise 1}
4 points

\section*{Common to all candidates}
Parts $\mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B }$ and C can be treated independently.\\
Throughout the exercise, results should be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest thousandth.

\section*{Part A}
A merchant receives the results of a market study on consumer habits in France.\\
According to this study:

\begin{itemize}
  \item $54 \%$ of consumers prefer products of French manufacture;
  \item $65 \%$ of consumers regularly buy products from organic agriculture, and among them $72 \%$ prefer products of French manufacture.
\end{itemize}

A consumer is chosen at random. The following events are considered:

\begin{itemize}
  \item B: ``a consumer regularly buys products from organic agriculture'';
  \item $F$ : ``a consumer prefers products of French manufacture''.
\end{itemize}

We denote $P ( A )$ the probability of event $A$ and $P _ { C } ( A )$ the probability of $A$ given $C$.

\begin{enumerate}
  \item Justify that $P ( \bar { B } \cap F ) = 0.072$.
  \item Calculate $P _ { F } ( \bar { B } )$.
  \item A consumer is chosen who does not regularly buy products from organic agriculture.\\
What is the probability that he prefers products of French manufacture?
\end{enumerate}

\section*{Part B}
The merchant is interested in the quantity in kilograms of organic flour sold each month at retail in his store. This quantity is modeled by a random variable $X$ which follows the normal distribution with mean $\mu = 90$ and standard deviation $\sigma = 2$.

\begin{enumerate}
  \item At the beginning of each month, the merchant ensures he has 95 kg in stock.
\end{enumerate}

What is the probability that he cannot meet customer demand during the month?\\
2. Determine an approximate value to the nearest hundredth of the real number $a$ such that $P ( X < a ) = 0.02$.

Interpret the result in the context of the exercise.

\section*{Part C}
In this market study, it is specified that $46.8 \%$ of consumers in France prefer local products. The merchant observes that among his 2500 customers, 1025 regularly buy local products.\\
Is his customer base representative of consumers in France?