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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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The weight, in kilograms, of cereal in a box, can be modeled by a normal distribution with Mean ? and a standard deviation of 5.4 kg. Given that 10% of boxes contain less than 18 kg. Find.
a. The value of ?.
b. The percentage of boxes that contain more than (18+4) kg.
c. If the machine settings are adjusted so that the weight of cereal in a box is normally distributed with mean (18+3) kg and standard deviation of ?. Given that the probability of boxes contains between 18 kg and (18+6) kg is 0.9671, find the value of ?.

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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