A Small Computing Center Has Found That the Number of Jobs

question 99

Multiple Choice

A small computing center has found that the number of jobs submitted per day to its computers has a distribution that is approximately mound-shaped and symmetric, with a mean of 88 jobs and a standard deviation of 7. Where do we expect approximately 95% of the distribution to fall?

• A) between 74 and 102 jobs per day
• B) between 81 and 95 jobs per day
• C) between 67 and 109 jobs per day
• D) between 102 and 109 jobs per day

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