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Soft-drink dispenser. The manager of a local soft-drink bottling company believes that when a new beverage dispensing machine is set to dispense 7 ounces, it in fact dispenses an amount at random anywhere between 6.5and 7.5 ounces inclusive. Suppose has a uniform probability

distribution.

a.Is the amount dispensed by the beverage machine a discreteor a continuous random variable? Explain.

b. Graph the frequency function forX , the amount of beverage the manager believes is dispensed by the new machine when it is set to dispense 7 ounces.

c. Find the mean and standard deviation for the distribution graphed in part b, and locate the mean and theinterval μ±2σon the graph.

d. Find P(x≥7).

e. FindP(x<6) .

f. FindP(6.5≤x≤7.25) .

g. What is the probability that each of the next six bottles filled by the new machine will contain more than7.25 ounces of beverage? Assume that the amount of beverage dispensed in one bottle is independent of the amount dispensed in another bottle.

Short Answer

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a. The amount dispensed by the beverage machine is a continuous random variable.

b. The graph is plotted.

c. The mean is μ=7, the standard deviation is σ=0.2886and the interval μ±2σ is (6.4228,7.5772).

d. P(x≥7)=0.5

e. P(x<6)=0

f.P(6.5≤x≤7.25)=0.75

g. The probability that six bottles will contain more than 7.25 ounces of beverage is 0.00024.

Step by step solution

01

Given information

X denotes the amount of soft drink.

X follows a uniform distribution.

02

Step 2:Identifying the random variable

Since the amount of soft drinks can be measured, so the amount dispensed by the beverage machine is a continuous random variable.

03

Plot the graph

When dispense is 7 ounces, the graph of the frequency function X is as follows

04

Calculate mean and standard deviation

Let,

c=6.5d=7.5

Since X follows a uniform distribution,the mean is

μ=c+d2=6.5+7.52=7

Hence, the mean is μ=7.

The standard deviation is

σ=d−c12=7.5−6.512=0.2886

Hence, the standard deviation isσ=0.2886.

The interval μ±2σis

μ±2σ=7±(2×0.2886)=7±0.5772=(6.4228,7.5772)

Hence, the interval μ±2σ is(6.4228,7.5772).

The mean and the interval μ±2σare located below the graph,

05

Step 5: P(x≥7)

The p.d.f of X is

f(x)=1d−c;c≤x≤d=17.5−6.5;6.5≤x≤7.5=1

P(x≥7)=1−P(x<7)=1−∫6.57f(x)dx=1−∫6.571dx=1−(7−6.5)=1−0.5=0.5

Hence, P(x≥7)=0.5.
06

Step 6: P(x<6)

Since,

f(x)=17.5−6.5;6.5≤x≤7.5=1

SoP(x<6)=0,

07

Step 7:P(6.5≤x≤7.25)

P(6.5≤x≤7.25)=∫6.57.25f(x)dx=∫6.57.251dx=(7.25−6.5)=0.75

Hence, P(6.5≤x≤7.25)=0.75.

08

Step 8: P(x=6)

The probability that six bottles will contain more than 7.25 ounces of beverage is .

P(x=6)

P(x>7.25)=∫7.257.5f(x)dx=∫7.257.51dx=(7.5−7.25)=0.25

Since,x>7.25 is a binomial vitiate B(0.25,6).

So,

P(x=6)=(66)(0.25)6(1−0.25)6−6=(0.25)6=0.00024

Hence, the probability that six bottles will contain more than 7.25 ounces of beverage is 0.00024.

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