Chapter 6 – Continuous Probability Distributions
What is the probability that a randomly selected terminal will last more than 5 years?
What percentage of terminals will last between 5 and 6 years?
What percentage of terminals will last less than 4 years?
What percentage of terminals will last between 2.5 and 4.5 years?
If the manufacturer guarantees the terminals for 3 years (and will replace them if they
malfunction), what percentage of terminals will be replaced?
119. Scores on a recent national statistics exam were normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 6.
What is the probability that a randomly selected exam will have a score of at least 71?
What percentage of exams will have scores between 89 and 92?
If the top 2.5% of test scores receive merit awards, what is the lowest score eligible for an
award?
If there were 334 exams with scores of at least 89, how many students took the exam?
120. The average starting salary for this year’s graduates at a large university (LU) is $30,000 with a standard deviation of
$8,000. Furthermore, it is known that the starting salaries are normally distributed.
What is the probability that a randomly selected LU graduate will have a starting salary of at
least $30,400?
Individuals with starting salaries of less than $15,600 receive a low income tax break. What
percentage of the graduates will receive the tax break?
What are the minimum and the maximum starting salaries of the middle 95% of the LU
graduates?
If 303 of the recent graduates have salaries of at least $43,120, how many students graduated
this year from this university?
minimum = $14320, maximum = $45,680
121. The weights of items produced by a company are normally distributed with a mean of 4.5 ounces and a standard
deviation of 0.3 ounces.
What is the probability that a randomly selected item from the production will weigh at least
4.14 ounces?
What percentage of the items weighs between 4.8 and 5.04 ounces?
Determine the minimum weight of the heaviest 5% of all items produced.
If 27,875 of the items of the entire production weigh at least 5.01 ounces, how many items
have been produced?