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May 20, 2015 Handout Solutions Haa

The document discusses normal distribution, defining discrete and continuous probability distributions, and detailing the characteristics of normal distribution, including the empirical rule. It includes practice problems related to normal distribution, such as calculating percentages and expected values based on given means and standard deviations. Additionally, it prompts the creation of normal curves and histograms from provided data sets.

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May 20, 2015 Handout Solutions Haa

The document discusses normal distribution, defining discrete and continuous probability distributions, and detailing the characteristics of normal distribution, including the empirical rule. It includes practice problems related to normal distribution, such as calculating percentages and expected values based on given means and standard deviations. Additionally, it prompts the creation of normal curves and histograms from provided data sets.

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9.

E – Normal Distribution
 Discrete probability distribution: a distribution with a finite number of possible events, or values.
 Continuous probability distribution: a distribution that can be any value in an interval of real numbers.
 Normal distribution: a normal, symmetric curve that contains data that vary randomly from the mean.
o 68% of data fall within one standard deviation, 95 % falls within two, and 99.7% fall within three.
o See graph below.
Practice
1) The heights of men in a survey are normally distributed about the mean
in the graph to the right. Use the graph to answer the following questions:
a) About what percent of men age 25 to 34 are 69-71 inches tall?

b. Suppose the survey included data on 100 men. About how many would
you expect to be 69-71 tall?

c) The mean of the data is 70, and the standard deviation is 2.5.
Approximately what percent of men are within one standard deviation of
the mean height?

2) Sketch a normal curve of a distribution with a mean of 45 and a standard deviation of 3.5. Label the x-axis values
at 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations.

3) The scores on the Algebra 2 final are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 150 and a standard
deviation of 15. Use his information to answer the following questions:
a) What percentage of the students who took the test scored above 180?

b) If 250 students took the final exam, approximately how many scored above 135?

4) A set of data has a normal distribution with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10. Find the percent of
data within each interval.

a) from 80 to 100 d) from 70 to 130

b) from 90 to 120 e) at least 100

c) at most 110 f) at least 80


5) In a class of 25, one student receives a score of 100 on a test. The grades are distributed normally with a mean of
78 and a standard deviation of 5. Do you think the student’s score is an outlier? Explain.

6) To qualify as a contestant in a race, a runner has to be in the fastest 16% of all applicants. The runner times are
normally distributed with a mean of 63 minutes and a standard deviation of 4 minutes. To the nearest minute, what
is the qualifying time for the race?

7) From the table below, select the set of values that appears to be distributed normally. Use that set to make a
histogram of the values and sketch a normal curve over the graph.

Set 1 1 10 5 19 2 7 1 7 2 10 6 9
Set 2 5 7 7 7 4 11 7 7 7 9 7 7
Set 3 5 6 9 1 1 5 11 1 10 4 2 8

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