The Chief Chemist for a Major Oil and Gasoline Production

Multiple Choice

The chief chemist for a major oil and gasoline production company claims that the regular unleaded gasoline produced by the company contains on average 4 ounces of a certain ingredient.The chemist further states that the distribution of this ingredient per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is normal and has a standard deviation of 1.2 ounces.What is the probability of finding an average in excess of 4.3 ounces of this ingredient from 100 randomly inspected 1-gallon samples of regular unleaded gasoline?

A) .5987
B) .4013
C) .9938
D) .0062