A Farmer Was Interest in Determining How Many Grasshoppers Were

question 40

Multiple Choice

A farmer was interest in determining how many grasshoppers were in his field. He knows that the distributionof grasshoppers may not be normally distributed in his field due to growing conditions. As he drives histractor down each row he counts how many grasshoppers he sees flying away. After several rows he figuresthe mean number of flights to be 57 with a standard deviation of 12. What is the probability of the farmer willcount 52 or fewer flights on average in the next 40 rows down which he drives his tractor?

• A) 0.0041
• B) 0.4959
• C) 0.9959
• D) 0.0410

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