Suppose that mean retail price per gallon of regular grade gasoline is $3.41 with a standard deviation of $0.10 and that the retail price per gallon has a bell-shaped distribution. NOTE: Please use empirical rule approximations for this problem. a. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for between $3.21  and $3.61  per gallon (to 1 decimal)?   b. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for between $3.21 and $3.51 per gallon (to  1 decimal)?   c. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for more than $3.51  per gallon (to 1  decimal)?

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Suppose that mean retail price per gallon of regular grade gasoline is $3.41 with a standard deviation of $0.10 and that the retail price per gallon has a bell-shaped distribution.

NOTE: Please use empirical rule approximations for this problem.

a. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for between $3.21  and $3.61  per gallon (to 1 decimal)?

 

b. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for between $3.21 and $3.51 per gallon (to  1 decimal)?

 

c. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for more than $3.51  per gallon (to 1  decimal)?

 

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