Question 6.

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A set of final examination marks in an introductory statistics unit is normally distributed with a
mean of 73 and a standard deviation of 8.

What is the probability that a student obtains a mark between 65 and 89?

between 65 and 89
= 73
= 8
standardize x to z = (x - ) /
P( 65 < x < 89) = P[( 65 - 73) / 8 < Z < ( 89 - 73) / 8]
P( -1 < Z < 2) = 0.3413+0.4772 =0.8185
here, z<-1= 0.5-0.1587 this is the value of z at -1
and, z>2 = .9772 0. 5 = .4772




so, the result is 0.8185

Question 7.5
The number of passengers passing through a large South East Asian airport in normally distributed with
a mean of 110,000 persons per day and a standard deviation of 20,200 persons. If you select a random
sample of 16 days
Question:
What is the sampling distributions of the mean?

Answer:
Normal Distribution and the mean, = 110,000
this is the value of z at 2
What is the probability that the sample mean is less than 98,000 passengers?

Answer:
z = (x - ) /
find the value of Z
x = 110000
= 98000
= 20,200
so, Z = 0.594
now look at the Z table
0.594 has the probability of 0.06
so, the probability is 6%

What is the probability that the sample mean is between 102,000 and 104,500
passengers?

between 102000 and 104500
= 110000
= 20200
standardize x to z = (x - ) /
P( 102000 < x < 104500) = P[( 102000 - 110000) / 20200 < Z < ( 104500 - 110000) /20200]
P( -0.39604 < Z < -0.27228) = 0.1157+ (-0.1064) =0.0093
here, z<-0.39= 0.5-0.3483 this is the value of z at -0.39
and, z>-0.27 = 0.3936 0. 5 = -0.1064



so, the result is 0.0093
this is the value of z at -0.27
The probability is 60% that the sample mean will be between what two values
symmetrically distributed around the population mean?

From Z table, for an area P = 0.60 symmetrically distributed around the mean , we need to know the Z-
value for P = 0.60/2 = 0.30.
Each tail occupies 20% of the area under the curve. For P(Z)<(0.50+0.6/2), Z =
()


Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing

A store manager for my local milk bar believed that historically, they sell 75 litres a day in full-
cream milk. Over the past 21 days, they averaged 60 litres a day with a standard deviation of 10
litres.
Construct a 95% Confidence Interval for the average amount of milk sold in a day.
Answer: