A study of the amount of time it takes a hiker to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back to the top shows that the mean is 12 hours and the standard deviation is 2.4 hours. If 9 hikers are randomly selected, find the probability that their mean hiking time is less than 10.8 hours. P(x<10.8 hours = P (z <

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A study of the
amount of time it
takes a hiker to
hike to the
bottom of the
Grand Canyon and
back to the top
shows that the
mean is 12 hours
and the standard
deviation is 2.4
hours. If 9 hikers
are randomly
selected, find the
probability that
their mean hiking
time is less than
10.8 hours.
P(x<10.8 hours
= P (z <
Transcribed Image Text:A study of the amount of time it takes a hiker to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back to the top shows that the mean is 12 hours and the standard deviation is 2.4 hours. If 9 hikers are randomly selected, find the probability that their mean hiking time is less than 10.8 hours. P(x<10.8 hours = P (z <
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