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Chapter 8: Q.16 (page 478)

Which distribution should you use for this problem?

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The distribution for this problem isN2.2,0.220.

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01

Given Information 

The weight of each head of lettuce was then recorded. The mean weight was 2.2pounds with a standard deviation of 0.1pounds. The population standard deviation is known to be 0.2pounds.

02

Explanation

The mean and standard deviation are the two parameters of a conventional normal distribution. In a normal distribution, 68% percent of the observations are within one standard deviation of the mean,95 percent are within two standard deviations, and 99.7%are within three standard deviations. For this problem we should use normal distribution with parameters:

Nμ,σn

Where,

μ=2.2

and

σn=0.220

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