Exam 6: The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions

The amount of time between successive TV watching by first graders follows an exponential distribution with a mean of 10 hours. The probability that a given first grader spends less than 20 hours between successive TV watching is ________.

In its standardized form, the normal distribution

The amount of time necessary for assembly line workers to complete a product is a normal random variable with a mean of 15 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes. So, 17% of the products would be assembled within ________ minutes.

TABLE 6-2 John has two jobs. For daytime work at a jewelry store he is paid $15,000 per month, plus a commission. His monthly commission is normally distributed with mean $10,000 and standard deviation $2,000. At night he works as a waiter, for which his monthly income is normally distributed with mean $1,000 and standard deviation $300. John's income levels from these two sources are independent of each other. -Referring to Table 6-2, John's commission from the jewelry store will be between what two values symmetrically distributed around the population mean 80% of the time?

TABLE 6-2 John has two jobs. For daytime work at a jewelry store he is paid $15,000 per month, plus a commission. His monthly commission is normally distributed with mean $10,000 and standard deviation $2,000. At night he works as a waiter, for which his monthly income is normally distributed with mean $1,000 and standard deviation $300. John's income levels from these two sources are independent of each other. -Referring to Table 6-2, for a given month, what is the probability that John's income as a waiter is no more than $300?

TABLE 6-2 John has two jobs. For daytime work at a jewelry store he is paid $15,000 per month, plus a commission. His monthly commission is normally distributed with mean $10,000 and standard deviation $2,000. At night he works as a waiter, for which his monthly income is normally distributed with mean $1,000 and standard deviation $300. John's income levels from these two sources are independent of each other. -Referring to Table 6-2, John's commission from the jewelry store will be between what two values symmetrically distributed around the population mean 90% of the time?

You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the New York Stock Exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. You were also told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. The probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. What is the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades will be between 14 and 17 seconds?

You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the New York Stock Exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. You were also told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. The probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. What is the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades will be between 13 and 14 seconds?

The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line is normally distributed with μ = 110 grams and σ = 25 grams. What is the probability that a randomly selected can will contain between 82 and 100 grams of tea leaves?

TABLE 6-4 The interval between consecutive hits at a website is assumed to follow an exponential distribution with an average of 40 hits per minute. -Referring to Table 6-4, what is the probability that the next hit at the website will occur within 10 seconds after just being hit by a visitor?

Any set of normally distributed data can be transformed to its standardized form.

TABLE 6-4 The interval between consecutive hits at a website is assumed to follow an exponential distribution with an average of 40 hits per minute. -Referring to Table 6-4, what is the probability that the next hit at the website will occur between the next 1.2 and 1.5 seconds after just being hit by a visitor?

The value of the cumulative standardized normal distribution at Z is 0.6255. The value of Z is

TABLE 6-1 The number of column inches of classified advertisements appearing on Mondays in a certain daily newspaper is normally distributed with population mean of 320 and population standard deviation of 20 inches. -Referring to Table 6-1, for a randomly chosen Monday the probability is 0.1 that there will be less than how many column inches of classified advertisements?

TABLE 6-4 The interval between consecutive hits at a website is assumed to follow an exponential distribution with an average of 40 hits per minute. -Referring to Table 6-4, what is the average time between consecutive hits?

TABLE 6-6 According to Investment Digest, the arithmetic mean of the annual return for common stocks from 1926-2010 was 9.5% but the value of the variance was not mentioned. Also 25% of the annual returns were below 8% while 65% of the annual returns were between 8% and 11.5%. The article claimed that the distribution of annual return for common stocks was bell-shaped and approximately symmetric. Assume that this distribution is normal with the mean given above. Answer the following questions without the help of a calculator, statistical software or statistical table. -Referring to Table 6-6, find the probability that the annual return of a random year will be more than 11.5%.

TABLE 6-3 Suppose the time interval between two consecutive defective light bulbs from a production line has a uniform distribution over an interval from 0 to 90 minutes. -Referring to Table 6-3, what is the probability that the time interval between two consecutive defective light bulbs will be at least 50 minutes?

The true length of boards cut at a mill with a listed length of 10 feet is normally distributed with a mean of 123 inches and a standard deviation of 1 inch. What proportion of the boards will be over 125 inches in length?

TABLE 6-6 According to Investment Digest, the arithmetic mean of the annual return for common stocks from 1926-2010 was 9.5% but the value of the variance was not mentioned. Also 25% of the annual returns were below 8% while 65% of the annual returns were between 8% and 11.5%. The article claimed that the distribution of annual return for common stocks was bell-shaped and approximately symmetric. Assume that this distribution is normal with the mean given above. Answer the following questions without the help of a calculator, statistical software or statistical table. -Referring to Table 6-6, find the two values that will bound the middle 50% of the annual returns?

The interval between patients arriving at an outpatient clinic follows an exponential distribution at a rate of 1.5 patients per hour. What is the probability that a randomly chosen arrival to be between 10 and 15 minutes?