A fishing line manufacturer tests the breaking stain of his products. He has found that, for a particular ‘line weight’, the maximum breaking stain follows a normal distribution, with a mean of 21.5kg and a standard deviation of 1.5kg. If a line is selected at random, calculate the probability that it has a breaking strain of between 22kg and 23.5kg.

A fishing line manufacturer tests the breaking stain of his products. He has found that, for a particular ‘line weight’, the maximum breaking stain follows a normal distribution, with a mean of 21.5kg and a standard deviation of 1.5kg. If a line is selected at random, calculate the probability that it has a breaking strain of between 22kg and 23.5kg.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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