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Flight times An airline flies the same route at the same time each day. The flight time varies according to a Normal distribution with unknown mean and standard deviation. On 15% of days, the flight takes more than an hour. On 3% of days, the flight lasts 75 minutes or more. Use this information to determine the mean and standard deviation of the flight time distribution.

Short Answer

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Mean,=41.4286

Standard deviation,=17.8571

Step by step solution

01

Given information

The flight takes more than one hour 15% of the time.

On about 3% of days, the flight is 75 minutes or longer.

02

Calculation

On 15%of the days, the flight takes longer than an hour.

That means

On 85percent of days, the flight takes less than an hour.

Now,

In the normal probability table of the appendix, find the z-score that corresponds to a probability of 85percent (or 0.85)

Note that

The probability that comes closest is 0.8508which is found in row 1.0and column.04of the normal probability table.

Then

The corresponding z score,

z=1.04

And

The flight takes more than 75minutes on 3%of days.

That means

The flight takes less than 75minutes on 97%of days.

03

Calculation

Now,

In the normal probability table of the appendix, find the z-score that corresponds to a probability of 97percent (or 0.97)

Note that

The probability that comes closest is 0.9699which is found in row 1.8and column.08of the normal probability table.

Then

The corresponding zscore,

z=1.88

Now,

The value will be the mean multiplied by the product of the zvalue and the (standard deviation).

60=x=+z=+1.04

And

75=x=+z=+1.88

Subtract the above two equations:

15=0.84

Divide both sides by 0.84:

We have

Standard deviation,

=150.84=17.8571

Then

Find the mean:

=601.04=601.04(17.8571)=41.4286

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