Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 411: 19d

Answer

0.0040

Work Step by Step

Here we have n = 20, hence: $σ_{x̄} = σ / \sqrt n = 16 / \sqrt 50 = 2.26$ To calculate $P(x̄ \leq 260)$, we need to find the z-score: $z = \frac{x̄ - μ_{x̄}}{σ_{x̄}}$ $= \frac{260-266}{2.26}$ = -2.65 P(z \leq -2.65) = 0.0040, hence: $P(x̄ \leq 260) = 0.0040$
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