The Distribution of the Number of Dill Pickle Spears in a Gallon

question 10

Multiple Choice

The distribution of the number of dill pickle spears in a gallon container is approximately Normal with mean 110 and standard deviation 10.
A container with a standardized score of 0.4 is at the 65.54th percentile. What percent of the containers held more pickle spears than this container?

• A) 65.54 percent
• B) 40 percent
• C) 34.46 percent
• D) 0.4 percent
• E) We can't tell from the given information.

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