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Researcher conducted by a tobacco company indicates that the relative frequency distribution of tar content of its newly developed low-tar cigarette has a mean equal to 3.9 milligrams of tar per cigarette and a standard deviation equal to 1.0 milligram. Suppose a sample of 100 low-tar cigarettes is randomly selected from a days production and the tar content is measured in each. Assuming that the tobacco companys claim is true, what is the probability that the mean tar content of the sample is greater than 4.15 milligrams? [0.00621] The safety limit of a crane is known to be 32 tons. The mean weight and the standard deviation of a large number of iron rods are 0.3 ton and 0.2 ton respectively. One hundred rods are lifted at a time. Compute the probability of an accident. [0.1587] A soft drink vending machine is set so that the amount of drink dispensed is a random variable with a mean of 200 milliliters and a standard deviation of 15 milliliters. What is the probability that the mean amount dispensed in a random sample of size 36 is at least 204 milliliters? [0.0548] An automatic machine in a manufacturing process is operating properly if the lengths of an important subcomponent are normally distributed with mean () = 117 cm and standard deviation () = 6.1 cm. Find the probability that if four subcomponents are randomly selected, their mean length exceeds 120 cm. [0.16354] The number of pizzas consumed per month by university students is normally distributed with a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. What is the probability that in a random sample of 25 students, more than 275 pizzas are consumed? [0.04746] The number of customers who enter a supermarket each hour is normally distributed with a mean of 600 and a standard deviation of 200. The supermarket is open 16 hours per day. What is the probability that the total number of customers who enter the supermarket in one day is greater than 10000? [0.30854] Contd . . . 2

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-27. The manufacturer of cans that are supposed to have a net weight of 6 ounces claims that the net weight is actually a normal random variable with a mean of 6.05 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.18 ounce. Suppose a sample of 36 cans is drawn. What is the probability that the mean weight of the sample is less than 5.97 ounce?.
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It has been found that 2% of the tools produced by a certain machine are defective. What is the probability that in a shipment of 400 such tools, 3% or more will be defective? [0.10565] The proportion of eligible voters in the next election who will vote for the incumbent is assumed to be 52%. What is the probability that in a random sample of 500 voters, less than 49% will vote for the incumbent? [0.0968] A commercial for a manufacturer of household appliances claims that 3% of all its products require a service call in the first year. A consumer protection association wants to check the claim by surveying 400 households that recently purchased one of the companys appliances. What is the probability that more than 5% require a service call within the first year? [0.0139] The Laurier Companys brand has a market share of 20%. Suppose that in a survey, 1000 consumers of the product are asked which brand they prefer. What is the probability that more than 22% of the respondents say that they prefer the Laurier brand? [0.08226] Ten percent of the 1-kilogram packs of sugar of refined quality produced by a manufacturer are underweight. Suppose a retailer buys a random sample of 144 of these packs. What is the probability that at least 5 percent of the sample packs will be underweight? [0.98382] * *******

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