Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SAN PABLO CITY
SAN VICENTE INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL
SAN VICENTE, SAN PABLO CITY, LAGUNA
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Community Learning San Vicente IHS Program ALS-SHS
Center (CLC)
Learning Facilitator Ellaine Jennica B. Fantilanan Literacy Level Secondary
Month and Quarter Third Quarter/January (Week Learning Strand Learning Strand 3
4)
Subject Statistics and Probability Teacher Ellaine Jennica B.
Fantilanan
Learning Targets:
• correctly recall how to locate the given scores on a normal curve;
• correctly recall how to find the area of a region under the normal curve; and
• solve problems involving the normal random variable.
INTRODUCTION
Solving Problems Involving the Normal Random Variable
❖ Normal Curve (or Bell Curve) - a graph that represents the probability density function of a normal
probability distribution. It is also called a Gaussian curve named after the Mathematician Karl Friedrich
Gauss.
Example:
The graph below represents the normal curve where 𝜇 is the mean and 𝜎 is the standard deviation.
Normal Curve Areas under the Empirical Rule
To solve problems involving the normal random variable, we can use the following areas in the normal
curve based from the empirical rule.
A. Areas between the mean and one standard deviation above or below the mean
B. Area between the mean and two standard deviations above or below the mean
C. Areas between the mean and three standard deviations above or below the mean
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SAN PABLO CITY
SAN VICENTE INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL
SAN VICENTE, SAN PABLO CITY, LAGUNA
__________________________________________________________________
Example 1: A teacher recorded the weight of his students and got an average of 132.5 kg with a standard
deviation of 13.4. Assuming that the weights are normally distributed, what percent of the students are
between 119.1 kg and 159.3 kg?
Solution:
1. Construct the normal curve of the distribution and locate the given weights.
2. Shade the area of the normal curve based on the problem.
The problem asks for the percent of the students between 119.1 kg and 159.3 kg.
Thus, shade the area between these two weights in the normal curve.
3. Find the area of the region.
To find the area of the region, add the given areas below
0.3413 + 0.4772 = 0.8185
4. Convert the decimal to percent.
0.8185(100) = 81.85%
Thus, there are 𝟖𝟏. 𝟖𝟓% of the students who are between 119.1 kg and 159.3 kg.
Example 2: The average price of carrots was ₱60.5 per kilogram with a standard deviation of 2.4 for the last
three months. If the price is normally distributed for 90 days, what percent of 90 days when the price was
above ₱62.9?
Solution:
1. Construct the normal curve of the distribution and locate the given price.
2. Shade the area of the normal curve based on the problem.
The problem asks for the percent of 90 days that the price was above ₱62.9.
Thus, shade the area from 62.9 and above.
3. Find the area of the region.
To find the area of the region, subtract the given area below from 0.5.
0.5 − 0.3413 = 0.1587
4. Convert the decimal to percent.
0.1587(100) = 15.87%
Thus, there are 𝟏𝟓. 𝟖𝟕% of 90 days that the price was above ₱62.9.
INTERACTION
1. The average weight of students in a school is 134.6 kg with a standard deviation of 3.8. Mrs. Antazo
wants to identify how many students have weight between 123.2 and 138.4 kg. Assuming that the
weights are normally distributed, what percent of the students can Mrs. Antazo identify?
2. A mechanic can finish repairing a car in an average of 2.3 hours with a standard deviation of 0.12.
Given that the number of hours to repair a car is normally distributed, what is the percentage of the
cars repaired in less than 2.54 hours?
INTEGRATION
Carlo saves money every day for 60 days. His savings are normally distributed with a mean of ₱34.8 and a
standard deviation of 8.2. How many days was he able to save money less than ₱43?
