A Certain University Maintains a Colony of Male Mice for Research

question 95

Multiple Choice

A certain university maintains a colony of male mice for research purposes. The ages of the mice are normally distributed with a mean of 60 days and a standard deviation of 5.2. Assume you randomly sample one mouse from the colony. The probability his age will be less than 45 days is _________.

• A) 0.9980
• B) 0.4980
• C) 0.0020
• D) 0.0019

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Definitions:

Throughput Accounting

An accounting method that focuses on the rate at which a company generates money through sales, emphasizing the bottlenecks in the production process.

Financial Measures

Metrics used to assess a company's performance in terms of profitability, liquidity, solvency, and operational efficiency.

Bottleneck

A point of congestion or blockage in a production system that significantly reduces efficiency.

Theory of Constraints

A management philosophy focusing on identifying and relieving bottlenecks in processes to improve performance.