If the Average Price of a New One-Family Home Is

question 87

Multiple Choice

If the average price of a new one-family home is $243,500 with a standard deviation of $15,000, find the minimum and maximum prices of the houses that a contractor will
Build to satisfy the middle 80% of the market. Assume that the variable is normally
Distributed.

• A) $230,900 and $256,100
• B) $242,000 and $245,000
• C) $230,000 and $257,000
• D) $224,300 and $262,700

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