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15 January, 04:11

A population of values has a normal distribution with μ = 107.7 and σ = 16.8. You intend to draw a random sample of size n = 243. Find the probability that a single randomly selected value is greater than 107.2. P (X > 107.2) = 0.5119 Correct Find the probability that a sample of size n = 243 is randomly selected with a mean greater than 107.2. P (M > 107.2) = 0.5119 Incorrect Enter your answers as numbers accurate to 4 decimal places. Answers obtained using exact z-scores or z-scores rounded to 3 decimal places are accepted.

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  1. 15 January, 04:27
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    1. P (x>107,2) = 0,5119

    2. P (x (bar) > 107,2) = 0,6772

    Step-by-step explanation:

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    The population of values with normal distribution

    μ: 107,7

    σ: 16,8

    n=243

    1. According to the text: X≈N (μ; σ2)

    To standardize it and calculate the asked probability we can use is

    Z = (x-μ) / σ≈N (0; 1)

    First, let's rewrite the probability to its complement since most of the tables of probability accumulate from left to right

    P (X>107,2) = 1 - P (X≤107,2)

    Then we standardize

    1-P (Z≤ (x-μ) / σ) = 1 - P (Z≤ ((107,2-107,7) / 16,8) = 1 - P (Z≤-0,029) = 1 - P (Z≤-0,03)

    = 1 - 0,48803 = 0,51197

    2. The next probability asked is not about a random value from the sample (x) but for a value that the sample mean might take. To calculate this probability we need to take the distribution of the sample mean into consideration.

    This is x (bar) ≈ N (μ; δ2/n)

    For standardization, we will also use the Z distribution, but under the distribution of the sample mean. Since the mean is for the same population, the values that μ and δ take are the same, but in this case, the sample n also plays a role in the formula.

    In this case the statistic will be Z = (x (bar) - μ) / δ/√n ≈N (0; 1)

    For the probability

    P (x (bar) > 107,2) = 1 - P (x (bar) ≤107,2)

    1 - P (Z ≤ (x (bar) - μ) / δ/√n) = 1 - P (Z ≤ (107,2 - 107,7) / 16,8/√243) = 1 - P (Z ≤ - 0,46)

    1 - P (Z ≤ - 0,46) = 1 - 0,32276 = 0,67724

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