Suppose That the Waiting Time for a License Plate Renewal

question 51

Multiple Choice

Suppose that the waiting time for a license plate renewal at a local office of a state motor vehicle department has been found to be normally distributed with a mean of 30 minutes and a standard deviation of 8 minutes. What is the probability that a randomly selected individual will have a waiting time between 15 and 45 minutes?

• A) 1.00
• B) .9699
• C) .5000
• D) .9392

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