The Distribution of the Number of Loaves of Bread Sold

question 74

Short Answer

The distribution of the number of loaves of bread sold per week by a large bakery over the past 5 years has a mean of 7,750 and a standard deviation of 145 loaves.Suppose a random sample of n = 40 weeks has been selected.What is the approximate probability that the mean number of loaves sold in the sampled weeks exceeds 7,895 loaves?

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