STA2204

Exercise 2 (Chapter 2)

1. Given that X ~N(50, 100), find

(a) P(36< X <62);
(0.8041)
(b) P(40< X <50);
(0.3413)
(c) P(56< X <70);
(0.2515)
(d) P(38< X <42).
(0.0968)

2. IQ scores are normally distributed with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. Determine
the proportion of people with an IQ:
(a) below 118; (0.8849)
(b) above 112; (0.2119)
(c) below 94; (0.3446)
(d) above 73; (0.9641)
(e) between 100 and 112;
(0.2881)
(f) between 73 and 118;
(0.8490)

3. Given that Z ~N(0, 1), find a such that:

(a) P( Z < a ) = 0.97
(1.881)
(b) P( Z > a ) = 0.05
(1.645)
(c) P( Z < a ) = 0.001 (-
3.090)
(d) P( Z > a ) = 0.99 (-
2.326)
(e) P( Z > a ) = 0.0001
(3.720)
(f) P( Z < a ) = 0.999 (3.090)
Give your answers to 2 decimal places.

4. Toby’s Trucking Company determined that on an annual basis, the distance traveled per
truck is normally distributed with a mean of 50.0 thousand miles and a standard deviation
of 12.0 thousand miles. Find the proportion of trucks expected to travel
(a) between 34.0 and 50.0 thousand miles in the year;
(0.4087)
(b) either below 30.0 or above 60.0 thousand miles in the year. (0.2503)

5. Shower gel is packed into 1 liter bottles. The content of the bottles are found to
be normally distributed with a mean of 1003 ml and standard deviation of 3.5 ml.

(a) A bottle is chosen at random, what is the probability that it contains more than
1000 ml of shower gel? (0.8042)
(b) In a batch of production, 5.7% of the bottles are rejected because their contents
are below the minimum volume. Find the minimum volume in a bottle before it is
rejected. (997.4665)

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