Solutions


Problem Part Solution
1 1 The parent population is normally distributed, so the sample mean is automatically normally distributed.
1 2 The sample size is large, and the Central Limit Theorem implies that the sample mean is normally distributed.
2 - z = (value - mean)/standard deviation. \(Z = \frac{\bar{x}-\mu}{\sigma/\sqrt{n}}\)
3 A About 68% using the 68, 95, 99.7 rule or 0.6827 ‘exact’
3 B 40\(^{th}\)percentile = 8.7333
3 C \(Z = 1.7\)
3 D \(Z = 0.4\) so probability = 0.3446
3 E \(z(\bar{x}<8)= -0.4\text{ probability} = 0.3446\)
\(z(\bar{x}>12)=0.4\text{ probability} = 0.3446\)
\(0.3446+0.3446=0.6892\)
4 - Normal
5 - Normal
6 - About 16% using the 68, 95, 99.7 rule or 0.1587 ‘exact’
7 - About 95% using the 68, 95, 99.7 rule or 0.9545 ‘exact’
8 - About 95% using the 68, 95, 99.7 rule or 0.9545 ‘exact’
9 - \(\text{Probability}(\bar{x}>50)= 0.00621\)
10 - Right Skewed
11 - Approximately Normal
12 - Central Limit Theorem
13 - No, the distribution is not normal, and the normal probability applet is only for normal distribution.
14 - \(\text{Probability} = 0.9599\)
15 - \(\text{ probability}(\bar{x}<37.5) = 0.1056\)
\(\text{ probability}(\bar{x}>42.5) = 0.1056\)
\(1-0.1056-0.1056=0.7887\)