The average American man consumes 9.9 grams of sodium each day. Suppose that the sodium consumption of American men is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.9 grams. Suppose an American man is randomly chosen. Let X = the amount of sodium consumed. Round all numeric answers to 4 decimal places where possible. a. What is the distribution of X? X - N( b. Find the probability that this American man consumes between 10.4 and 11.1 grams of sodium per day. c. The middle 30% of American men consume between what two weights of sodium? Low: High:

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The average American man consumes 9.9 grams of sodium each day. Suppose that the sodium consumption of
American men is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.9 grams. Suppose an American man is
randomly chosen. Let X = the amount of sodium consumed. Round all numeric answers to 4 decimal places
where possible.
a. What is the distribution of X? X - N
b. Find the probability that this American man consumes between 10.4 and 11.1 grams of sodium per day.
c. The middle 30% of American men consume between what two weights of sodium?
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Transcribed Image Text:The average American man consumes 9.9 grams of sodium each day. Suppose that the sodium consumption of American men is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.9 grams. Suppose an American man is randomly chosen. Let X = the amount of sodium consumed. Round all numeric answers to 4 decimal places where possible. a. What is the distribution of X? X - N b. Find the probability that this American man consumes between 10.4 and 11.1 grams of sodium per day. c. The middle 30% of American men consume between what two weights of sodium? Low: High: Hint: Helpful videos: • Find a Probability [+] Finding a Value Given a Probability [+] Hint Question Help: Message instructor Submit Question logi *2 *3 F5 %23 3. W R T. Y U *CO లే N
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Step 1

Given:

μ=9.9σ=0.9

a) The distribution of X is normal with mean 9.9 and standard deviation 0.9.

Thus, the distribution of X is X~N(9.9, 0.92)

b)

The probability that the american man consumes between 10.4 and 11.1 grams is obtained as below:

P10.4<X<11.1=P10.4-9.90.9<X-μσ<11.1-9.90.9=P0.5556<Z<1.3333=PZ<1.3333-PZ<0.5556

The p-value is obtained using Excel "=NORMSDIST(Z)"

Output from Excel is given below:

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From the output, the p-value of P(Z<1.3333) is 0.9087.

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From the output, the p-value of P(Z<0.5556) is 0.7108.

P10.4<X<11.1=0.9087-0.7108.=0.1979.

Thus, the probability that the American man consumes between 10.4 and 11.1 grams is 0.1979.

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