Suppose That a Major League Baseball Game Has an Average

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Essay

Suppose that a major league baseball game has an average length of 2.9 hours with a standard deviation of 0.5 hours. It is known that game length is not normally distributed. Suppose a random sample of 36 games is taken from the population. Sketch the probability distribution and shade in the region that corresponds to the probability. What is the approximate probability that average game length will be greater than 3.1 hours? Round to the nearest thousandth.

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