A box has a large number of items which have mean weight 60 gm's and standard deviation 15 gm's. One item was picked at random. If its weight is denoted by X, then P(x > 57) is closest to a. 0.73 b. 0.58 O c. 0.57 O d. 0.27

A box has a large number of items which have mean weight 60 gm's and standard deviation 15 gm's. One item was picked at random. If its weight is denoted by X, then P(x > 57) is closest to a. 0.73 b. 0.58 O c. 0.57 O d. 0.27

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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