A Physical Fitness Association Is Including the Mile Run in Its

question 45

Multiple Choice

A physical fitness association is including the mile run in its secondary-school fitness test. The time for this event for boys in secondary school is known to possess a normal distribution with a mean of 440 seconds and a standard deviation of 50 seconds. Find the probability that a randomly selected boy in secondary school can run the mile in less than 325 seconds.

• A) .0107
• B) .4893
• C) .9893
• D) .5107

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