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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 ϕ-10.352=-0.38. ϕ0.287=0.612

Important Questions on The Normal Distribution

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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 ϕ-10.72=0.583, ϕ1.582=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 ϕ0.714=0.7627, ϕ-10.0162=-2.14

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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.

Five bars of soap are chosen at random. Find the probability that more than two of the bars each weigh more than 128 grams. Use ϕ0.714=0.7623

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Crates of tea should contain 200 kg, but it is known that 1 out of 45 crates, on average, is underweight. A sample of 630 crates is selected at random.

Find the probability that more than 12 but fewer than 17 crates are underweight.

(Round answer up to 3 decimal places)

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Crates of tea should contain 200 kg, but it is known that 1 out of 45 crates, on average, is underweight. A sample of 630 crates is selected at random.

Given that more than 12 but fewer than 17 crates are underweight, find the probability that more than 14 crates are underweight.

(Round answer up to 3 decimal places)

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Once a week, Haziq rows his boat from the island where he lives to the mainland. The journey time, X minutes, is normally distributed with mean μ and variance σ2.

Given that P20X<30=0.32 and that PX<20=0.63, find the values of μ and σ2.

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Once a week, Haziq rows his boat from the island where he lives to the mainland. The time taken for Haziq to row back home, Y minutes, is normally distributed and P(Y<20)=0.6532, Given that the variance of Y is 58, calculate the mean time taken by Haziq to row back home.