A gasoline tank for a certain model car is designed to hold 15.6 gallons of gas. Suppose that the actual capacity of the gas tank in cars of this type is well approximated by a normal distribution with mean 15.6 gallons and standard deviation 0.3 gallons. What is the probability that a randomly selected car of this model will have a gas tank that holds less than 15 gallons?

A gasoline tank for a certain model car is designed to hold 15.6 gallons of gas. Suppose that the actual capacity of the gas tank in cars of this type is well approximated by a normal distribution with mean 15.6 gallons and standard deviation 0.3 gallons. What is the probability that a randomly selected car of this model will have a gas tank that holds less than 15 gallons?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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