The Weight of Corn Chips Dispensed into a 14-Ounce Bag

question 40

Multiple Choice

The weight of corn chips dispensed into a 14-ounce bag by the dispensing machine has been identified as possessing a normal distribution with a mean of 14.5 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.2 ounce. Suppose 100 bags of chips are randomly selected. Find the probability that the mean weight of these 100 bags exceeds 14.6 ounces.

• A) .3085
• B) .6915
• C) .1915
• D) approximately 0

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