Among a Random Sample of 150 Employees of a Particular

question 50

Multiple Choice

Among a random sample of 150 employees of a particular company, the mean commute distance is 29.6 miles. This mean lies 1.2 standard deviations above the mean of the sampling distribution. If a second sample of 150 employees is selected, what is the probability that for the second sample, the mean commute distance will be less than 29.6 miles?

• A) 0.8849
• B) 0.5
• C) 0.1131
• D) 0.1151

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