A Gasoline Tank for a Certain Car Is Designed to Hold

question 70

Multiple Choice

A gasoline tank for a certain car is designed to hold 15 gallons of gas.Suppose that the actual capacity of a randomly selected tank has a distribution that is approximately Normal with a mean of 15.0 gallons and a standard deviation of 0.15 gallons.What proportion of tanks will hold between 14.75 and 15.10 gallons of gas?

• A)0.35
• B)0.6563
• C)0.6997
• D)0.9833

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