The Distribution of the Number of Loaves of Bread Sold

question 135

Short Answer

The distribution of the number of loaves of bread sold per day by a large bakery over the past 5 years has a mean of 7,750 and a standard deviation of 145 loaves. Suppose a random sample of n = 40 days has been selected. What is the approximate probability that the mean number of loaves sold in the sampled days exceeds 7,895 loaves?

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Assumptions

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