(a) What percent of the tomatoes weigh less than 0.76 lb?  (b) In a shipment of 6,000 tomatoes, how many tomatoes can be expected to weigh more than 0.31 lb?  (c) In a shipment of 4,500 tomatoes, how many tomatoes can be expected to weigh from 0.31 lb to 0.91 lb?

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Topic: Normal Distribution 

1. A vegetable distributor knows that during the month of August, the weightsof its tomatoes are normally distributed with a mean of 0.61 lb and a standard deviation of 0.15 lb.

(a) What percent of the tomatoes weigh less than 0.76 lb? 

(b) In a shipment of 6,000 tomatoes, how many tomatoes can be expected to weigh more than 0.31 lb? 

(c) In a shipment of 4,500 tomatoes, how many tomatoes can be expected to weigh from 0.31 lb to 0.91 lb? 

 

 

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