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The Amount of Tea Leaves in a Can from a Production

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The amount of tea leaves in a can from a production line is normally distributed with μ=110\mu = 110 grams and σ=25\sigma = 25 grams.What is the probability that a randomly selected can will contain lessthan 100 grams or more than 120 grams of tea leaves?


Definitions:

Continuous Probability Distributions

Mathematical functions that assign probabilities to every possible value of a continuous random variable.

Location Parameter

A parameter in probability distributions that determines the location or central tendency of the distribution.

Scale Parameter

A parameter in statistical or mathematical models that measures the scale or level of concentration of a distribution or data set.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that a particular event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

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