The numbers of pages in the books in a library follow a normal distribution. If the mean number of pages is 180 and the standard deviation is 30 pages, what can you conclude? A. About 60% of the books have fewer than 150 pages. B. About 16% of the books have fewer than 150 pages. C. About 95% of the books have more than 150 pages. D. About 16% of the books have more than 150 pages.

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Zara Coffey

Mathematics

16 May, 16:31

The numbers of pages in the books in a library follow a normal distribution. If the mean number of pages is 180 and the standard deviation is 30 pages, what can you conclude? A. About 60% of the books have fewer than 150 pages. B. About 16% of the books have fewer than 150 pages. C. About 95% of the books have more than 150 pages. D. About 16% of the books have more than 150 pages.

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Lacey Garner · Answer 1

option B.

About 16% of the books have fewer than 150 pages

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we are dealing with a normal distribution

68.27% of the values will fall in the range with the standard deviation

(180-30, 180+30) = (150, 210)

Approximately 15.86% of the values will be higher than 210

and the rest 15.86% will be lower than 150

So the correct answer is option B.

About 16% of the books have fewer than 150 pages