Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 6 - The Normal Distribution - Chapter Quiz - Page 365: 23

Answer

a. $0.0013$ b. $0.5$ c. $0.0082$ d. $0.5511$

Work Step by Step

Given $\mu=3years=36month,\sigma=4months$, use table E or a calculator: a. $z1=\frac{4\times12-36}{4}=3, P(X\gt 48)=1-P(z1)=1-0.9987=0.0013$ b. $z2=\frac{3\times12-36}{4}=0, P(X\lt36)=P(z2)=0.5$ c. $z3=\frac{3.8\times12-36}{4}=2.4, z4=\frac{4.5\times12-36}{4}=4.5$ $P(3.8\lt X\lt3.5years)=P(4)-P(z3)=1-0.9918=0.0082$ d. $z5=\frac{2.5\times12-36}{4}=-1.5, z6=\frac{3.1\times12-36}{4}=0.3$ $P(2.5\lt X\lt3.1years)=P(z6)-P(z5)=0.6179-0.0668=0.5511$
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