According to records, the amount of precipitation in a certain city on a November day has a mean of 0.10 inches, with a standard deviation of 0.07 inches. What is the probability that the mean daily precipitation will be 0.105 inches or more for a random sample of 40 November days (taken over many years)
Continuous Probability Distributions
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According to records, the amount of precipitation in a certain city on a November day has a mean of 0.10 inches, with a standard deviation of 0.07 inches. What is the probability that the mean daily precipitation will be 0.105 inches or more for a random sample of 40 November days (taken over many years)? Carry your intermediate computations to at least four decimal places. Round your answer to at least three decimal places.
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