Suppose that mean retail price per gallon of regular grade gasoline is $3.50 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 $3.40 and $3.60 per gallon (to 1 decimal)? b. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for between $3.40 and $3.70 per gallon (to 1 decimal)? % c. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for more than $3.70 per gallon (to 1 decimal)? %

Suppose that mean retail price per gallon of regular grade gasoline is $3.50 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 $3.40 and $3.60 per gallon (to 1 decimal)? b. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for between $3.40 and $3.70 per gallon (to 1 decimal)? % c. What percentage of regular grade gasoline sells for more than $3.70 per gallon (to 1 decimal)? %

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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