Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 55

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question. A sprint duathlon consists of a 5 km run, a 20 km bike ride, followed by another 5 km run. The mean finish time of all participants in a recent large duathlon was 1.67 hours with a standard deviation of 0.25 hours. Suppose a random sample of 30 participants in the 40- 44 age group was taken and the mean finishing time was found to be 1.62 hours with a standard deviation of 0.40 hours.
-Suppose that the average country song length in America is 4.75 minutes with a standard deviation of 1.10 minutes. It is known that song length is not normally distributed. Suppose a sample of 25 songs is taken from the population. What is the approximate probability that the average song length will last more than 5.25 minutes? Round to the nearest thousandth.

• A)0.325
• B)0.488
• C)0.012
• D)0.175

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Cerebellum

A section of the brain located at the back, which plays a crucial role in motor control, balance, and coordination.

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