The Weights of Items Produced by a Company Are Normally

question 74

Short Answer

The weights of items produced by a company are normally distributed with a mean of 4.5 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.3 ounces.
a.What is the probability that a randomly selected item from the production will weigh at least 4.14 ounces?
b.What percentage of the items weigh between 4.8 to 5.04 ounces?
c.Determine the minimum weight of the heaviest 5% of all items produced.
d.If 27,875 of the items of the entire production weigh at least 5.01 ounces, how many items have been produced?

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