Math 119 Test 3 Study Guide Part 1

Using the following uniform density curve, answer the question.

1) What is the probability that the random variable has a value greater than 2?

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Assume that the weight loss for the first month of a diet program varies between 6 pounds and 12 pounds, and is spread evenly over the range of possibilities, so that there is a uniform distribution. Find the probability of the given range of pounds lost. 2) More than 11 pounds 2)

If z has a standard normal distribution, find the probability. 3) The probability that z lies between -0.55 and 0.55

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4) P(z < 0.97)

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Find the area of the shaded region. The graph depicts the standard normal distribution with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. 5) 5)

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The Precision Scientific Instrument Company manufactures thermometers that are supposed to give readings of 0C at the freezing point of water. Tests on a large sample of these thermometers reveal that at the freezing point of water, some give readings below 0C (denoted by negative numbers) and some give readings above 0C (denoted by positive numbers). Assume that the mean reading is 0C and the standard deviation of the readings is 1.00C. Also assume that the frequency distribution of errors closely resembles the normal distribution. A thermometer is randomly selected and tested. Find the temperature reading corresponding to the given information. 8) Find P96 , the 96th percentile. 8)

Assume that X has a normal distribution, and find the indicated probability. 9) The mean is = 60.0 and the standard deviation is = 4.0. Find the probability that X is less than 53.0.

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10) The mean is = 15.2 and the standard deviation is = 0.9. Find the probability that X is between 14.3 and 16.1.

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Solve the problem. 11) Scores on a test are normally distributed with a mean of 67.3 and a standard deviation of 9.3. Find P81, which separates the bottom 81% from the top 19%.

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Which of the following normal distribution curves above has the largest mean?

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Which of the following normal distribution curves above has the largest standard deviation?
Provide an appropriate response. 14) Three randomly selected households are surveyed as a pilot project for a larger survey to be conducted later. The numbers of people in the households are 1, 4, and 9. Consider the values of 1, 4, and 9 to be a population. Assume that samples of size n = 2 are randomly selected with replacement from the population of 1, 4, and 9. The nine different samples are as follows: (1, 1), (1, 4), (1, 9), (4, 1), (4, 4), (4, 9), (9, 1), (9, 4), and (9, 9). (i) Find the standard deviation of each of the nine samples, then summarize the sampling distribution of the standard deviations in the format of a table representing the probability distribution. (ii) Compare the population standard deviation to the mean of the sample standard deviations. (iii) Do the sample standard deviations target the value of the population standard deviation? In general, do standard deviations make good estimators of population standard deviation? Why or why not?

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15) Flood insurance policies sold in the last three days by a new agent were 3, 5, and 6. Assume that samples of size 2 are randomly selected with replacement from this population of three values. List the different possible samples, and find the mean of each of them.

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Solve the problem. 16) The weights of the fish in a certain lake are normally distributed with a mean of 11 lb and a standard deviation of 12. If 16 fish are randomly selected, what is the probability that the mean weight will be between 8.6 and 14.6 lb?

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17) In a population of 190 women, the heights of the women are normally distributed with a mean of 64.5 inches and a standard deviation of 3.2 inches. If 49 women are selected at random, find the mean x and standard deviation x of the population of sample means.
Assume that the sampling is done without replacement and use a finite population correction factor.

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Estimate the indicated probability by using the normal distribution as an approximation to the binomial distribution. 18) In one county, the conviction rate for speeding is 85%. Estimate the probability that of the 18) next 100 speeding summonses issued, there will be at least 90 convictions.