Suppose the weights of Farmer Carl's potatoes are normally distributed with a mean of 8.0 ounces and a standard deviation of 1.1 ounces. (a) If 5 potatoes are randomly selected, find the probability that the mean weight is less than 9.3 ounces? Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

(b) If 6 potatoes are randomly selected, find the probability that the mean weight is more than 9.0 ounces? Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

a) 0.9959 = 99.59% probability that the mean weight is less than 9.3 ounces

b) 0.0129 = 1.29% probability that the mean weight is more than 9.0 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this question, we need to understand the normal probability distribution and the central limit theorem.

Normal Probability Distribution:

Problems of normal distributions can be solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean and standard deviation , the zscore of a measure X is given by:

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem estabilishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean and standard deviation , the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean and standard deviation .

For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.

Mean of 8.0 ounces and a standard deviation of 1.1 ounces.

This means that

(a) If 5 potatoes are randomly selected, find the probability that the mean weight is less than 9.3 ounces?

means that

This probability is the pvalue of Z when X = 9.3. So

By the Central Limit Theorem

has a pvalue of 0.9959

0.9959 = 99.59% probability that the mean weight is less than 9.3 ounces

(b) If 6 potatoes are randomly selected, find the probability that the mean weight is more than 9.0 ounces?

means that

This probability is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 9. So

has a pvalue of 0.9871

1 - 0.9871 = 0.0129

0.0129 = 1.29% probability that the mean weight is more than 9.0 ounces

x = central angle apc = measure of minor arc ac

the two angles x and 30 add to 180, so x+30 = 180 and x = 180-30 = 150. the measure of minor arc ac is 150 degrees.

what we need to do from here is find the circumference and then multiply it by x/360 since there are 360 degrees in a circle. in this case, x = 150, so x/360 = 150/360 = 15/36 = 5/12. the shortest distance along the curve from a to c is 5/12 of the distance around the entire circle (aka circumference)

c = circumference

c = pi*d

c = pi*24

c = 24pi

now multiply this by 5/12 to get

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(circumference)

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(24pi)

distance along minor arc ac = 10pi

the formula you can use is

l = (x/360)*pi*d

with

l = length of minor arc

x = central angle

d = diameter

which essentially is the steps we took though a bit differently.

x-150=475   x=625

step-by-step explanation:

if the bike after the sale ($150) is $475 then just simply add 150 to 475.