The Japan Sumo Association Has Begun to Measure the Body

question 46

Essay

The Japan Sumo Association has begun to measure the body fat of wrestlers to try to combat the growing problem of excessive obesity within the sport.As of 2010,the average wrestler weighed 412 pounds.Suppose the weights of sumo wrestlers are normally distributed,with a standard deviation of 37 pounds.What is the probability that a randomly selected wrestler weighs between 350 and 450 pounds?

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Definitions:

Accounting Costs

The explicit costs of running a business, such as wages, rent, and materials, recorded in the financial statements.

Total Revenue

The total amount of money received by a firm from sales of its products or services before any expenses are subtracted.

Average Product

The output per unit of input, for example, the average quantity of product produced per worker or per machine.

Marginal Product

The additional output that results from using one more unit of a variable input, holding all other inputs constant.