Use the Following Information for the Question

question 32

Multiple Choice

Use the following information for the question. Male players at the high school, college and professional ranks use a regulation basketball that weighs 22.0 ounces with a standard deviation of 1.0 ounce. Assume that the weights of basketballs are approximately normally distributed.
-If a regulation basketball is randomly selected, what is the probability that it will weigh between 20.5 and 23.5 ounces? Round to the nearest thousandth.

• A)0.134
• B)0.704
• C)0.866
• D)0.267

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