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Chapter 7: Q. 7.2 (page 403)

The length of time taken on the SAT for a group of students is normally distributed with a mean of 2.5 hours and a standard deviation of 0.25 hours. A sample size of n = 60 is drawn randomly from the population. Find the probability that the sample mean is between two hours and three hours.

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The probability that the sample mean is between two hours and three hours isP(2<X¯<3)=1.

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01

Given information

Given:

Mean =2.5h

Standard deviation=0.25h

n=60

Formula used:

X¯~Nμx,axn
02

Find the sample mean is likely to be between two and three hours.

The probability that the sample mean is between two hours and three hours is

X¯~N2.5,0.2560P(2<X¯<3)=normalcdf2,3,2.5,0.2560P(2<X<3)=1

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