PTH 3211

ASSIGNMENT 2
DUE DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2014
Answer ALL quest!ns"
1. The weight of potato chips sold in bags follow a normal distribution with mean
10.5 ounces and standard deviation 0.18 ounces.
(a) What is the probability that a bag of potato chips selected at random will
weigh between 10. and 10.! ounces"
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(b) %f 10& of the bags of potato chips weigh more than ' ounces( find the
value of '. () mar$s)
. * researcher wishes to estimate the average calories content of vanilla yogurt(

.
Test done on si+ brands of vanilla yogurt of same serving si,e gave the following
results-
1.0 1/0 1#0 0 1!0 1#0
*ssume that the calories content is normally distributed. 0onstruct a /5&
confidence interval for

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). The manager of a fast food outlet claims that it ta$es not more than 10 minutes for
its wor$er to serve a customer( on average. * random chec$ on 1 of the wor$ers
gave a sample mean time of 1.8 minutes and a sample standard deviation of )..
minutes. %s there sufficient evidence to re1ect the manager2s claim at 5&
significance level" (.
mar$s)
#. 3esidents of Taman 0empa$a could travel via route % and route %% to reach the low
cost airport. The table below shows the travelling time from Taman 0empa$a to
low cost airport of random sample of residents via route % and route %%.
4ample si,e 4ample mean score 4ample variance
3oute % 10 5 5.8
3oute %% 1 8 8.
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*ssume that the travelling time of the two routes are normally distributed with
e6ual variances( test whether the residents of Taman 0empa$a will ta$e less time
travelling via route % on average( compared to route %% at 5& significance level.
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mar$s)
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