The amount of sugar (X) contained in 2-kg packets is actually normally distributed with a mean of u = 2.03 kg and a standard deviation of o = 0.014 kg. (a) What proportion of sugar packets are underweight? (b) If an alternative package-filling machine is used for which the weights of the packets are normally distributed with a mean of µ= 2.05 kg and a standard deviation of o = 0.016 kg, does this result in an increase or a decrease in the proportion of underweight packets? (c) What is the probability that the amount of sugar of a randomly selected bearing is between 1 and 2 SDs from its mean value?

The amount of sugar (X) contained in 2-kg packets is actually normally distributed with a mean of u = 2.03 kg and a standard deviation of o = 0.014 kg. (a) What proportion of sugar packets are underweight? (b) If an alternative package-filling machine is used for which the weights of the packets are normally distributed with a mean of µ= 2.05 kg and a standard deviation of o = 0.016 kg, does this result in an increase or a decrease in the proportion of underweight packets? (c) What is the probability that the amount of sugar of a randomly selected bearing is between 1 and 2 SDs from its mean value?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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