The Weight of 2-Year Old Hyraxes Is Known to Be

question 80

Essay

The weight of 2-year old hyraxes is known to be normally distributed with meanμ = 2200 grams and standard deviation σ = 365 grams(a) Draw a normal curve with the parameters labeled.(b) Shade the region that represents the proportion of hyraxes who weighed more than 2930 grams.(c) Suppose the area under the normal curve to the left of X = 2930 is 0.0228. Provide two interpretations of thisresult.

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