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The daily percentage change in the value of a company's shares is expected to be normally distributed with mean 0 and standard deviation 0.51. On how many of the next 365 working days should the company expect the value of its shares to fall by more than 1%? [ Use Φ(1.961)=0.9751]

Important Questions on The Normal Distribution

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The masses, w grams, of a large sample of apples are normally distributed with mean 200 and variance 169. Given that the masses of 3413 apples are in the range 187w<213, calculate an estimate of the number of apples in the sample.
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The ages of the children in a gymnastics club are normally distributed with mean 15.2 years and standard deviation σ. Find the value of σ given that 30.5% of the children are less than 13.5 years of age.[Use Φ-1(0.695)=0.51]
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The speeds, in kmh-1, of vehicles passing a particular point on a rural road are normally distributed with mean μ and standard deviation 20. Find the value of μ and find what percentage of the vehicles are being driven at under 80kmh-1, given that 33% of the vehicles are being driven at over 100 kmh-1.[Use Φ(0.56)=0.722]
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Coffee beans are packed into bags by the workers on a farm, and each bag claims to contain 200 g. The actual mass of coffee beans in a bag is normally distributed with mean 210 g and standard deviation σ. The farm owner informs the workers that they must repack any bag containing less than 200 g of coffee beans. Find the value of σ, given that 0.5% of the bags must be repacked.[Use Φ-1(0.995)=2.576]
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Colleen exercises at home every day. The length of time she does this is normally distributed with mean 12.8 minutes and standard deviation σ. She exercises for more than 15 minutes on 42 days in a year of 365 days.

Calculate the value of σ.[Use Φ-1(0.885)=1.2]

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Colleen exercises at home every day. The length of time she does this is normally distributed with mean 12.8 minutes and standard deviation σ. She exercises for more than 15 minutes on 42 days in a year of 365 days.

On how many days in a year would you expect Colleen to exercise for less than 10 minutes?

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The times taken by 15 -year-olds to solve a certain puzzle are normally distributed with mean μ and standard deviation 7.42 minutes.

Find the value of μ, given that three-quarters of all 15 -year-olds take over 20 minutes to solve the puzzle.[Use Φ-1(0.75)=0.674]

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The times taken by 15 -year-olds to solve a certain puzzle are normally distributed with mean μ and standard deviation 7.42 minutes.

Find the value of μ, given that three-quarters of all 15 -year-olds take over 20 minutes to solve the puzzle.