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This tutorial document provides examples of calculating probabilities for various normal distributions. It contains 8 problems involving finding probabilities for random variables that are normally distributed. The problems cover concepts like standard normal distribution, normal distribution with a given mean and standard deviation, sampling distribution of means, and finding probabilities for sample means.

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Tutorial 5

This tutorial document provides examples of calculating probabilities for various normal distributions. It contains 8 problems involving finding probabilities for random variables that are normally distributed. The problems cover concepts like standard normal distribution, normal distribution with a given mean and standard deviation, sampling distribution of means, and finding probabilities for sample means.

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TUTORIAL 5

1. Suppose Z~N( 0, 1). Find


a. P( Z> 2)
b. P( Z< 1.23)
c. P( Z> 0.588)
d. P( Z> -1.83)
e. P( Z< -2.0)
f. P( 1.15< Z< 1.35)
g. P( 0 ≪ Z < 1.55)
h. P( -0.87<Z ≪ 2.03)
i. P( -2.82< Z< -1.82)

2. Given the X ~N( 4, 25) , find the following probabilities .


a. P(X<4.5)
b. P( 5 ≪ X ≪ 6)
c. P( 2 ≪ 𝑋 ≪ 7)
d. P( X> 1)

3. Given that X~N( 24,9) , find the following probabilities.


a. P( 54≪ 𝑋 ≪ 58 )
b. P( 40 < X < 44)
c. P( 47 <X< 57)
d. P( 39 <X< 53)

4. The time spent waiting for a prescription to be prepared at a chemist’s shop


is normally distributed with mean 15 minutes and standard deviation 2.8
minutes. Find the probability that the waiting time is
a. More than 20 minutes
b. Less than 8 minutes
c. Between 10 and 18 minutes
5. The lengths of sweetpea flower stems are normally distributed with mean
18.2cm and standard deviation 2.3cm .

Find the probability that the length is between 16cm and 20cm .

6. The manufacturer of a new brand of lithium battery claims that the mean
life of a battery is 38,000 hours with a standard deviation of 250 hours.
a. What percentage of batteries will last for more than 3,500 hours?
b. What percentage of batteries will last for more than 4000 hours ?
c. If 700 batteries are supplied , how many should last between 3500 and
400 hours?

7. When a production process is operating correctly, the number of units


produced per hour has a normal distribution with a mean of 75 and a
standard deviation of 4.9. A random sample of 36 different hours was taken.
a. Find the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means.
b. Find the variance of the sample mean.
c. Find the standard error of the sample mean.
d. What is the probability that the sample mean exceeds 77 units?

8. It maybe assumed that the breaking strength of paving slabs in public areas
is normally distributed with mean 50 units and standard deviation 8 units .
Radnom samples of n paving slabs are taken and the mean breaking strength
is denoted by X̅.
a. State the distribution of ̅
X , giving its mean and variance
b. Find the probability that X
̅ exceeds 54 in the case n= 25

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