An Apple Juice Producer Buys All His Apples from a Conglomerate

question 145

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. Between what two values (in ounces) , symmetrically distributed around the population mean, will 80 percent of the apples fall?

• A) [2.13, 2.37]
• B) [2.10, 2.40]
• C) [2.06, 2.44]
• D) [1.95, 2.55]

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