Suppose human weights are normally distributed with mean 175 and standard deviation 36 pounds. A helicopter is evacuating people from a building surrounded by zombies, and this helicopter can fit 9 people and with a maximum weight of 1800 pounds, i.e., an average of 200 pounds per person. If 9 people are randomly chosen to be loaded on this helicopter, what is the probability that it can safely lift off (i.e., the average weight of a person in the helicopter is less than 200)?

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Answer 1
Answer:

Answer:

P(\bar X <200)=P(Z<(200-175)/((36)/(√(9)))=2.083)

And using a calculator, excel or the normal standard table we have that:

P(Z<2.083)=0.981

Step-by-step explanation:

Previous concepts

Normal distribution, is a "probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean".

The Z-score is "a numerical measurement used in statistics of a value's relationship to the mean (average) of a group of values, measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean".  

Solution to the problem

Let X the random variable that represent the weights of a population, and for this case we know the distribution for X is given by:

X \sim N(175,36)  

Where \mu=175 and \sigma=36

They select a sample size of n=9 people.The distribution for the sample mean \bar X is given by:

\bar X \sim N(\mu, (\sigma)/(√(n)))

And we want to find this probability:

P(\bar X <200)

In order to the helicopter can safely lift off. We can use the z score formula given by:

z = (\bar X -\mu)/((\sigma)/(√(n)))

P(\bar X <200)=P(Z<(200-175)/((36)/(√(9)))=2.083)

And using a calculator, excel or the normal standard table we have that:

P(Z<2.083)=0.981


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Step-by-step explanation:

Factor by grouping.

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None of the given alternatives described the Sample mean for the situation. A complete solution is below.

Given values are:

Sample size,

  • n = 17

Mean,

  • μ = 36

Standard deviation,

  • σ = 8

As we know,

The Standard deviation of sample mean,

(\sigma)/(√(n) )

By substituting the values, we get

(8)/(√(17) )

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Step-by-step explanation:

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3y - 5 = Ae^(3t)                A = e^(3C)

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dividing through by 3, we have

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Step-by-step explanation:

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