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Week 4.1 Tutorial

The document consists of a tutorial with various statistical problems related to normal distributions, including determining the validity of statements, calculating probabilities for different scenarios, and finding ranges for expenditures. It covers topics such as test scores, clothing expenditures, newspaper sales, operating costs, service call durations, and weights of coins. Each section requires application of normal distribution principles to solve the problems presented.

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Week 4.1 Tutorial

The document consists of a tutorial with various statistical problems related to normal distributions, including determining the validity of statements, calculating probabilities for different scenarios, and finding ranges for expenditures. It covers topics such as test scores, clothing expenditures, newspaper sales, operating costs, service call durations, and weights of coins. Each section requires application of normal distribution principles to solve the problems presented.

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WEEK 4.

1 Tutorial

1. Decide whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make
sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly.
(a) Scores on a statistics test are normally distributed with a mean of 75 and a standard
deviation of 75.
(b) Birth weights (in grams) in Georgia are normally distributed with a mean of 3.42 kg and a
standard deviation of 350 g.
(c) Scores on a standard test of depth perception are normally distributed with two different
modes.
(d) SAT scores are normally distributed with a mean of 1518 and a standard deviation of 325.

2. The scores on a verbal reasoning test are normally distributed with a population
mean of μ = 100 and a population standard deviation of σ = 10.
What is the probability that a randomly chosen person scores at least 105?

3. It is known that amounts of money spent on clothing in a year by students on a particular


campus follow a normal distribution with a mean of $380 and a standard deviation of $50.
(a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student will spend less than $400 on
clothing in a year?
(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student will spend more than $360 on
clothing in a year?
(c) Compute a range of yearly clothing expenditures— measured in dollars—that includes
80% of all students on this campus? Explain why any number of such ranges could be found, and
find the shortest one.

4. The number of newspapers sold daily at a kiosk is normally distributed with a mean of
350 and a standard deviation of 30.
(a) Find the probability that fewer than 300 newspapers are sold on a particular day.
(b) Find the probability that the number of newspapers sold is between 300 and 360 on a
particular day.
(c) How many newspapers should the newsagent stock each day such that the probability of
running out on any particular day is 10%?

5. Find the shaded area.

6. Assume that the hourly cost to operate a commercial airplane follows the normal
distribution with a mean of $2,500 per hour and a standard deviation of $300. What is the
operating cost for the lowest 15% of the airplanes?

7. A company services copiers. A review of its records shows that the time taken for a
service call can be represented by a normal random variable with a mean of 75 minutes and a
standard deviation of 20 minutes.

(a) What proportion of service calls takes less than 1 hour?


(b) What proportion of service calls takes more than 90 minutes?
(c) Sketch a graph to show why the answers to parts (a) and (b) are the same.
(d) The probability is 0.1 that a service call takes more than how many minutes?

8. Vending machines can be adjusted to reject coins above and below certain weights. The
weights of legal U.S. quarters have a normal distribution with a mean of 5.67 grams and a
standard deviation of 0.0700 gram. If a vending machine is adjusted to reject quarters that weigh
more than 5.80 grams and less than 5.50 grams, what percentage of legal quarters will be
rejected by the machine?
9. Find the value of x.

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