The Average Time a Subscriber Spends Reading the Local Newspaper

question 75

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.For the 10 percent who spend the most time reading the paper,how much time do they spend?

• A)11.72
• B)28.52
• C)86.28
• D)69.48

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