Solve the Problem. -The Length of Time It Takes College Students to Find

question 268

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-The length of time it takes college students to find a parking spot in the library parking lot follows a normal distribution with a mean of 5.0 minutes and a standard deviation of 1 minute. Find the probability that a
Randomly selected college student will take between 3.5 and 6.0 minutes to find a parking spot in the library lot.

• A) 0.7745
• B) 0.2255
• C) 0.4938
• D) 0.0919

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Definitions:

Pessimistic

A tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future.

Defense Mechanisms

Strategies the ego uses to defend itself against the anxiety provoked by conflicts of everyday life. Defense mechanisms involve denials or distortions of reality.

Projection

A psychological defense mechanism where an individual attributes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives onto someone else.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism that involves expressing an id impulse that is the opposite of the one that is truly driving the person.