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Chapter 8: Q 59. (page 524)

Oranges A home gardener likes to grow various kinds of citrus fruit. One of his

mandarin orange trees produces oranges whose circumferences follow a Normal

distribution with mean 21.1cm and standard deviation 1.8cm.

a. What is the probability that a randomly selected orange from this tree has a

circumference greater than 22cm?

b. What is the probability that a random sample of 20 oranges from this tree has a mean circumference greater than 22 cm?

Short Answer

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a. The probability is 0.3085.

b. The probability is0.012676

Step by step solution

01

Given Information

It is given that (渭)=21.1

(蟽)=1.8

n=20

02

Probability that a randomly selected orange from this tree has acircumference greater than 22 cm

Let Xbe a random variable representing circumference of orange following normal distribution having mean as 21.1cm

Standard deviation 1.8cm

Required probability

P(X>22)=Px-渭蟽>22-21.11.8

=P(Z>0.5)

=1-P(Z<0.5)

=0.3085

03

Probability that a random sample of 20 oranges from this tree has a mean circumference greater than 22cm

Required probability:

P(X炉>22)=Px炉-渭蟽n>22-21.11.820

=P(Z>2.236)

=1-P(Z<2.236)

=0.012676

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