The Average Time a Subscriber Spends Reading the Local Newspaper

question 70

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 no more than 30 minutes reading the paper?

• A).1170
• B).0301
• C).8830
• D).9699

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Definitions:

Spacing Effect

The phenomenon where learning is more effective when study sessions are spaced out over time rather than crammed in a short period.

Rehearsal

A cognitive process in which information is repeated mentally or out loud to maintain it in short-term memory or to encode it for long-term memory.

Encoding

The method of transforming data into a format that enables its storage in our memory.

Retrieval

The act of retrieving and making conscious information that is kept in memory.