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A petrol station finds that its daily sales, in litres, are normally distributed with mean 4520 and standard deviation 560. Find on how many days of the year (365 days) the daily sales can be expected to exceed 3900 litres.

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Important Questions on The Normal Distribution

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The daily sales at petrol station are X litres, where X is normally distributed with mean m and standard deviation 560. It is given that PX>8000=0.122.

Find the value of m.

(Round answer up to 1 decimal place)

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The daily sales at petrol station are X litres, where X is normally distributed with mean m and standard deviation 560. It is given that PX>8000=0.122.

Find the probability that daily sales at this petrol station exceed 8000 litres on fewer than 2 of 6 randomly chosen days.

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The random variable Y is normally distributed with mean μ and standard deviation σ. Given that σ=23μ, find the probability that a random value of Y is less than 2μ.

(Write answer up to 4 decimal places)

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V and W are continuous random variables. V~N9, 16 and W~N6, Ïƒ2. Find the value of σ, given that PW<8=2×PV<8.

(Write answer up to 2 decimal places)

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The masses, in kilograms, of 'giant Botswana cabbages' have a normal distribution with mean μ and standard deviation 0.75. It is given that 35.2% of the cabbages have a mass of less than 3 kg. Find the value of μ and the percentage of cabbages with masses of less than 3.5 kg. Use Ï•-10.352=-0.38. Ï•0.287=0.612
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The ages of the vehicles owned by a large fleet-hire company are normally distributed with mean 43 months and standard deviation σ. The probability that a randomly chosen vehicle is more than 416 years old is 0.28. Find what percentage of the company's vehicles are less than two years old. Use Ï•-10.72=0.583, Ï•1.582=0.942
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The weights, X grams, of bars of soap are normally distributed with mean 125 grams and standard deviation 4.2 grams.

Find the probability that a randomly chosen bar of soap weighs more than 128 grams.

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The weights, X grams, of bars of soap are normally distributed with mean 125 grams and standard deviation 4.2 grams.

Find the value of k such that Pk<X<128=0.7465. Use Ï•0.714=0.7627, Ï•-10.0162=-2.14