he cost of textbooks is normally distributed with a mean of $249. You do not know the population standard deviation, but you estimate the sample standard deviation to be $41. What is the probability that from a sample of 4 textbooks, their average cost will be between $224 and $266?

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The cost of textbooks is normally distributed with a mean of $249. You do not know the population standard deviation, but you estimate the sample standard deviation to be $41.

What is the probability that from a sample of 4 textbooks, their average cost will be between $224 and $266? (Report answer accurate to three decimal places.)

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The cost of textbooks is normally distributed with a mean of $249.

Mean = 249

Standard deviation (s) = 41

Sample size (n) = 4

 

To find the probability that from a sample of 4 textbooks, their average cost will be between $224 and $266:

Standard error = sn=414=20.5

Z-score is a measure which tells how many standard deviations away a data value is, from the mean. It is given by the formula:

Z=X-meanS

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