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Module 7 Assessment: Solution

This document contains solutions to two problems involving normal distributions. The first problem involves calculating the percentage of parcels weighing between 12 oz and 30 oz for a delivery company (34.1%) and weighing more than 42 oz (2.1%). The second problem calculates the probability of a customer waiting less than 3 minutes (74.9%) and less than 1 minute (2.3%) at a grocery store, given times are normally distributed. Both problems utilize z-scores and standard normal distribution tables to determine the relevant percentages from the mean and standard deviation provided.

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Module 7 Assessment: Solution

This document contains solutions to two problems involving normal distributions. The first problem involves calculating the percentage of parcels weighing between 12 oz and 30 oz for a delivery company (34.1%) and weighing more than 42 oz (2.1%). The second problem calculates the probability of a customer waiting less than 3 minutes (74.9%) and less than 1 minute (2.3%) at a grocery store, given times are normally distributed. Both problems utilize z-scores and standard normal distribution tables to determine the relevant percentages from the mean and standard deviation provided.

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Module 7 Assessment

I. A biologist measured the lengths of hundreds of cuckoo bird eggs. Use the relative frequency
distribution below to answer the questions that follow.

a. What percent of the group of eggs was less than 21.75 mm long?

b. What is the probability that one of the eggs selected at random was at least 20.75 mm long but less
than 24.75 mm long?

Solution

Step 1 (a)

Consider the following table

The percentage cuckoo bird Group of egg or more is the sum of percentage printed in table above.
Thus, the percentage of eggs in the group in which length of eggs is less than 21.75 mm long is
.

Step 2 (b)

The percentage cuckoo bird Group of egg selected at random was at least 20.75mm long but less
than 24.75mm long printed in table above. Thus, the percentage of eggs in the group in which
length of eggs at least 20.75 mm but less than 24.75 mm long is .
I. During 1 week, an overnight delivery company found that the weights of its parcels were normally
distributed, with a mean of 24 oz and a standard deviation of 6 oz.
a. What percent of the parcels weighed between 12 oz and 30 oz?
b. What percent of the parcels weighed more than 42 oz?

Solution
II. The amount of time customers spent waiting in line at a grocery store is normally distributed, with
a mean of 2.5 min and a standard deviation of 0.75 min. Find the probability that the time a
customer spends waiting is
a. less than 3 min.
b. less than 1 min.

Table 1
Solution

Step 1 (a)

Recall the formula for Z-score for data value x is

The z-score for 3min is

Table 1 indicates that 0.249 of the data is a normal distribution are between and . Because
the data are normally distributed, 0.245 data is also between and . The percent of data to
the right of the value is . Thus 0.749 customer spends waiting time in a
grocery store will less than 3min.

Step 2 (b)

The z-score for 1min is

Table 1 indicates that 0.477 of the data is a normal distribution are between z= 0 and z=-2. Because the
data are normally distributed, 0.477 data is also between z= 0 and z=-2. The percent of data to the right
of the z= -2 value is 0.500-0.477= 0.023. Thus 0.023customer spends waiting time in a grocery store
will less than 1min.

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