Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Continuous Random Variables - Exercises 5.73 - 5.92 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 256: 5.76e

Answer

It is appropriate to use a normal distribution because the interval $(68,92)$ lies completely within the range from 0 to 1000.

Work Step by Step

$q=1-p=1-.8=.2$ $\mu=100(.8)=80$ $\sigma=\sqrt {npq}=\sqrt {100(.8)(.2)}=4$ $\mu\pm3\sigma=80\pm3(4)=(68,92)$
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