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Post office A local post office weighs outgoing mail and finds that the weights of first-class letters are approximately Normally distributed with a mean of 0.69 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.16 ounces.

a. Estimate the 60th percentile of first-class letter weights.

b. First-class letters weighing more than 1 ounce require extra postage. What proportion of first-class letters at this post office requires extra postage?

Short Answer

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Part (a)60thpercentile is 0.73ounces.

Part (b) Around 0.0262of the first class letters at this post office require extra postage.

Step by step solution

01

Part (a) Step 1: Given information

Mean,=0.69

Standard deviation,=0.16

02

Part (a) Step 2: Concept

The formula used:z=x

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Part (a) Step 3: Calculation

The Xth percentile represents a data value with x percent of the data values below it.

That implies

The 60th percentile represents a data value with 60% of the data values below it.

Now,

In the normal probability table of the appendix, find the z-score that corresponds to a probability of 60% (or 0.60).

Note that

The probability that comes closest is 0.5987 which is in row 0.2 and column.05 of the normal distribution.

probability table.

Then

The corresponding z score,

z=0.25

In order to find nth percentile, calculate the z score

z=x=x0.690.16

Equate the above two expressions:

x0.690.16=0.25

Multiply both sides by 0.16:

x0.69=0.04

Add 0.69 to both sides:

x0.69+0.69=0.04+0.69

That becomes

x=0.73

Thus,

60ththe percentile will be 0.73 ounces.

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Part (b) Step 1: Calculation

Calculate the Z 鈭 score,

z=x=10.690.161.94

To find the equivalent probability, use the normal probability table in the appendix.

The usual normal probability table for P(z<1.79)has a row that starts with 1.9and a column that starts with.04

P(x>0.1)=P(z>1.94)=1P(z<1.94)=10.9738=0.0262

Therefore,

Around 0.0262 of the first class letters at this post off ice require extra postage.

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