Find and Interpret the Area Under a Normal Curve

question 31

Multiple Choice

Find and Interpret the Area under a Normal Curve
-The amount of soda a dispensing machine pours into a 12 ounce can of soda follows a normal distribution with a mean of 12.27 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.18 ounce. The cans only hold 12.45 ounces of soda. Every can that has more than 12.45 ounces of soda poured into it causes a spill and the can needs to go through a special cleaning process before it can be sold. What is the probability a randomly selected can will need to go through this process

• A) 0.1587
• B) 0.3413
• C) 0.8413
• D) 0.6587

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