Suppose That a Population Is Known to Be Normally Distributed

question 2

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a population is known to be normally distributed with mean = 2,000 and standard deviation = 230. If a random sample of size n = 8 is selected, calculate the probability that the sample mean will exceed 2,100.

• A) 0.2141
• B) 0.1871
• C) 0.0712
• D) 0.1093

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