The Average Time a Subscriber Spends Reading the Local Newspaper

question 126

Multiple Choice

The average time a subscriber spends reading the local newspaper is 49 minutes.Assume the standard deviation is 16 minutes and that the times are normally distributed.What is the probability a subscriber will spend at least 1 hour reading the paper?

• A).9987
• B).7549
• C).2451
• D).0013

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