The world's smallest mammal is the Kitti's hog-nosed bat, with a mean weight of 1.5 grams and a standard deviation of 0.25 grams. Assuming that the weights are normally distributed, find the probablilty of randomly selecting a bat that weighs. Illustrate. a)between 1.0 gram and 2.0 grams b)more than 2.2 grams c)less than 1.6 grams d)out of a population of 2,500,000 bats, how many could you expect to weigh less than 1.5 grams e)What percentage of bats weigh between 1.25 grams and 1.75 grams? f)Out of 1,500 bats, how many could you expect to find who weigh more than 1.75 grams?

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The world's smallest mammal is the Kitti's hog-nosed bat, with a mean weight of 1.5 grams and a standard deviation of 0.25 grams. Assuming that the weights are normally distributed, find the probablilty of randomly selecting a bat that weighs. Illustrate.

a)between 1.0 gram and 2.0 grams

b)more than 2.2 grams

c)less than 1.6 grams

d)out of a population of 2,500,000 bats, how many could you expect to weigh less than 1.5 grams

e)What percentage of bats weigh between 1.25 grams and 1.75 grams?

f)Out of 1,500 bats, how many could you expect to find who weigh more than 1.75 grams?

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The world's smallest mammal is the Kitti's hog-nosed bat, with a mean weight of 1.5 grams and a standard deviation of 0.25 grams. Assuming that the weights are normally distributed, find the probablilty of randomly selecting a bat that weighs. Illustrate.

a)between 1.0 gram and 2.0 grams

b)more than 2.2 grams

c)less than 1.6 grams

d)out of a population of 2,500,000 bats, how many could you expect to weigh less than 1.5 grams

e)What percentage of bats weigh between 1.25 grams and 1.75 grams?

f)Out of 1,500 bats, how many could you expect to find who weigh more than 1.75 grams?

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