Suppose that the speed at which cars go on the freeway is normally distributed with mean 69 mph and standard deviation 8 miles per hour. Let X be the speed for a randomly selected car. Round all answers to 4 decimal places where possible. b. If one car is randomly chosen, find the probability that it is traveling more than 66 mph. c. If one of the cars is randomly chosen, find the probability that it is traveling between 72 and 76 mph. d. 76% of all cars travel at least how fast on the freeway? mph. i came up with 74.6504.    I really just need help understanding these questions. Like how so i enter these in excel to get the answers and why is there a 1 - P what is that all about

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Suppose that the speed at which cars go on the freeway is normally distributed with mean 69 mph and standard deviation 8 miles per hour. Let X be the speed for a randomly selected car. Round all answers to 4 decimal places where possible.

b. If one car is randomly chosen, find the probability that it is traveling more than 66 mph.

c. If one of the cars is randomly chosen, find the probability that it is traveling between 72 and 76 mph.

d. 76% of all cars travel at least how fast on the freeway? mph. i came up with 74.6504. 

 

I really just need help understanding these questions. Like how so i enter these in excel to get the answers and why is there a 1 - P what is that all about

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