An Apple Juice Producer Buys All His Apples from a Conglomerate

question 25

Multiple Choice

An apple juice producer buys all his apples from a conglomerate of apple growers in one northwestern state. The amount of juice obtained from each of these apples is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 2.25 ounces and a standard deviation of .15 ounce. 77 percent of the apples will contain at least how many ounces of juice?

• A) 2.12
• B) 2.38
• C) 2.36
• D) 2.14

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Acrylonitrile

A colorless, poisonous liquid used in the production of plastics, adhesives, and synthetic rubber by the polymerization of its nitrile group (-C≡N).

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Acrylonitrile

An organic compound that is a colorless volatile liquid, used in the manufacture of plastics, adhesives, and synthetic rubber.