Answered: In a study of Ridge View's boys'…

Name: In a study of Ridge View's boys' basketball team, theaverage height i
Uploaded: 2024-03-20T07:07:12.000Z
Channel: Bartleby
Description: In a study of Ridge View's boys' basketball team, theaverage height is 68 inches and standard deviation is 4inches. Find the probabilty.a boy is over 78 inches

Math

Probability

In a study of Ridge View's boys' basketball team, the average height is 68 inches and standard deviation is 4 inches. Find the probabilty. a boy is over 78 inches

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

This data is from a sample. Calculate the mean, standard deviation, and variance.
In a survey, 80% of the voters support a particular referendum. If 30 voters are chosen, find the standard deviation of the number of voters who support the referendum.
The tallest living man at one time had a height of 243 cm. The shortest living man at that time had a height of 127.5 cm. heights of men at that time had a mean of 170.52 cm and a standard deviation of 6.62. Which of these two men had the height that was more extreme? Use z scores
In a survey of women in Canada, the mean height was 65 inches with a standard deviation of3 inches. What height represents the 90th percentile?
Refer to the accompanying table, which describes the number of adults in groups of five who reported sleepwalking. Find the mean and standard deviation for the numbers of sleepwalkers in groups of five
The Virginia Cooperative Extension reports that the mean weight of yearling Angus steers is 1152 pounds. Suppose that the standard deviation is 84 pounds. What’s the actual weight of an animal whose z-score is -1.5?
An incoming MBA student took placement exams in economics and mathematics. In economics, she scored 82 and in math 89. The overall results on the economics exam had a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 7, while the mean math score was 69, with a standard deviation of 10. On which exam did she do better compared with the other students?
Seven students on an intramural team weigh 205 lb, 193 lb, 200 lb, 211 lb, 183 lb, 202 lb and 206 lb. What is the standard deviation of the weights of these students? The standard deviation is (Round to the nearest tenth.)
on a nationwide math test,the mean was 63 and the standard deviation was 7. if roberto scored 75,what was his z-score?
The best male long jumpers for State College since 1973 have averaged a jump of 263.0 inches with a standard deviation of 14.0 inches. The best female long jumpers have averaged 201.2 inches with a standard deviation of 7.7 inches. This year Joey jumped 275 inches and his sister, Carla, jumped 207 inches. Both are State College students. Assume that male and female jumps are normally distributed. Within their groups, which athlete had the more impressive performance?
Adrianna is trying to figure out the sample size for the data set she wants to collect. She thinks the population standard deviation could be as low as 120 or as high as 136. Explain to Adrianna the impact standard deviation will have on her sample size.
Assume that in a men's basketball league the distribution of heights has a mean of 6 feet, 6 inches, and a standard deviation of 3 inches. If there are 301 players in the league, how many players should be over 7 feet tall? Click the icon to view the area under the standard normal curve table. Of the 301 players, approximately are over 7 feet tall. (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)