Use Technology to Solve the Following Problem: the Weights of 6-Week-Old

question 55

Multiple Choice

Use technology to solve the following problem: The weights of 6-week-old poults (juvenile turkeys) are normally distributed with a mean 9.1 pounds and standard deviation 2.4 pounds. A turkey farmer
Wants to provide a money-back guarantee that her 6-week poults will weigh at least a certain Amount. What weight should she guarantee so that she will have to give her customer's money back Only 1% of the time?

• A) 3.51 lb
• B) 2.81 lb
• C) 3.86 lb
• D) 3.16 lb

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