The amount of pollutants that are found in waterways near large cities is normally distributed with mean 8.5 ppm and standard deviation 1.4 ppm. 18 randomly selected large cities are studied. Round all answers to two decimal places. A.X-NO B. For the 18 cities, find the probability that the average amount of pollutants is more than 9 ppm. C. What is the probability that one randomly selected city's waterway will have more than 9 ppm pollutants?
The amount of pollutants that are found in waterways near large cities is normally distributed with mean 8.5 ppm and standard deviation 1.4 ppm. 18 randomly selected large cities are studied. Round all answers to two decimal places. A.X-NO B. For the 18 cities, find the probability that the average amount of pollutants is more than 9 ppm. C. What is the probability that one randomly selected city's waterway will have more than 9 ppm pollutants?
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Transcribed Image Text:The amount of pollutants that are found in waterways near large cities is normally distributed with mean 8.5 ppm and
standard deviation 1.4 ppm. 18 randomly selected large cities are studied. Round all answers to two decimal places.
A.X-NO
B. For the 18 cities, find the probability that the average amount of pollutants is more than 9 ppm.
C. What is the probability that one randomly selected city's waterway will have more than 9 ppm pollutants?
D. Find the IQR for the average of 18 cities.
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Q3 =
IQR:
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