- For the standard normal distribution, find each of the
following:
- P(0 < z < 1.24)
- P(-2.2 < z < 0)
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- P(z > 0.5)
- P(z > -0.5)
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- For the standard normal distribution, find each of the
following:
- P(-0.25 < z < 2)
- P(0.5 < z < 1.25)
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- P(-2.33 < z < -1.25)
- P(z < -1.67)
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In each of the exercises below,
the population data is either known or assumed to be normally
distributed.
- The nicotine content of a particular brand of cigarette is
found to have a mean of 2.25 mg
and a standard deviation of 0.3 mg.
What percentage of the cigarettes will contain more than 2.5 mg?
- A nation-wide survey determined that an adult watches an
average of 18.6 hours of
tv per week in the U.S. If the standard
deviation is 2.3 hrs, then
what percentage of American adults watch between 15.0 and 20.0
hours of television per week?
- The median life of a certain brand of tires is 30,000 miles
and they have a standard deviation of 2000 miles.
If the manufacturer sells 50,000 tires, how many will last:
- less than 30,000 miles?
- less than 35,000 miles?
- more than 35,000 miles?
- between 30,000 miles
and 35,000 miles?
- between 27,500 miles
and 32,500 miles?
- If the average adult's resting heart rate is 68 beats
per minute with a standard deviation of 4 beats
per minute determine how many individuals in a survey
of 80 adults you would expect to have a (resting) heart rate of
75 or less beats per minute.
- Radar is used to check the speed of traffic on Interstate 75
north of Atlanta. If the mean speed of the traffic is 60 mph,
and the standard deviation is 4.25 mph,
then approximately how many cars out of every one-hundred are
actually obeying the legal speed limit of 55 mph
along this stretch of highway?
- In order to qualify for police training, recruits are given
a test of stress tolerance. The test scores are tabulated and
the data set has a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 10.
If only the top 20% of the recruits are to be selected, then
what will the test's cut-off score need to be?
- A state realty-licensing board gave an exam assessing the
math skills of realtors. The exam had a mean score of 72 and a
standard deviation of 12.
- The top 10% are to receive a special certificate. What
minimum score must the realtor make in order to receive the
certificate?
- The bottom 25% are to be required to attend a remedial
workshop. What minimum score would a realtor need to avoid
having to take the workshop?
- Market research by Proctor & Gamble reported that a typical
American family of four washes an average of one ton
of clothing every year, and that the standard deviation is 200 pounds.
The middle 50% of these families wash an amount of clothing
which falls between what two values? Express the answers
rounded to the nearest whole pound.
- An instructor gives a 100-point exam which after grading is
found to have a mean score of 60 and a standard deviation of 13.
- What percentage of the students score less than 60?
- What percentage of the students score more than 70?
- What percentage of the students score between 65 and 75?
- Find the scores which will divide the distribution into
the following categories:
Letter Grade |
|
Percent of Students |
A |
5% |
B |
15% |
C |
60% |
D |
15% |
F |
5% |
- Repeat the exercise above for an exam in which the mean
score is 65 and has a standard deviation of 10 points.
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