You may need to use the appropriate appendix table or technology to answer this question. The state of California has a mean annual rainfall of 22 inches, whereas the state of New York has a mean annual rainfall of 42 inches. Assume that the standard deviation for both states is 4 inches. A sample of 33 years of rainfall for California and a sample of 46 years of rainfall for New York has been taken. (a) Show the probability distribution of the sample mean annual rainfall for California. A bell-shaped curve is above a horizontal axis labeled inches. The horizontal axis ranges from about 10 to about 34. The curve enters the viewing window near 10 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 22. The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 34. A bell-shaped curve is above a horizontal axis labeled inches. The horizontal axis ranges from about 39.9 to about 44.1. The curve enters the viewing window near 39.9 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 42. The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 44.1. A bell-shaped curve is above a horizontal axis labeled inches. The horizontal axis ranges from about 19.9 to about 24.1. The curve enters the viewing window near 19.9 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 22. The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 24.1. A bell-shaped curve is above a horizontal axis labeled inches. The horizontal axis ranges from about −2.1 to about 2.1. The curve enters the viewing window near −2.1 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 0. The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 2.1. (b) What is the probability that the sample mean is within 1 inch of the population mean for California? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) (c) What is the probability that the sample mean is within 1 inch of the population mean for New York? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
Continuous Probability Distributions
Probability distributions are of two types, which are continuous probability distributions and discrete probability distributions. A continuous probability distribution contains an infinite number of values. For example, if time is infinite: you could count from 0 to a trillion seconds, billion seconds, so on indefinitely. A discrete probability distribution consists of only a countable set of possible values.
Normal Distribution
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- The horizontal axis
ranges from about 10 to about 34. - The curve enters the viewing window near 10 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 22.
- The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 34.
- The horizontal axis ranges from about 39.9 to about 44.1.
- The curve enters the viewing window near 39.9 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 42.
- The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 44.1.
- The horizontal axis ranges from about 19.9 to about 24.1.
- The curve enters the viewing window near 19.9 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 22.
- The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 24.1.
- The horizontal axis ranges from about −2.1 to about 2.1.
- The curve enters the viewing window near −2.1 just above the horizontal axis, curves up to the right, and reaches a maximum near 0.
- The curve then curves down and to the right until it leaves the viewing window at the same height it entered near 2.1.
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