If the Monthly Electrical Utility Bills of All Customers for the Far

question 130

Multiple Choice

If the monthly electrical utility bills of all customers for the Far East Power and Light Company are known to be distributed as a normal distribution with mean equal to $87.00 a month and standard deviation of $36.00, which of the following would be the largest individual customer bill that you might expect to find?

• A) Approximately $811.00
• B) About $195.00
• C) Nearly $123.00
• D) There is no way to determine this without more information.

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