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The scores of students on the ACT college entrance exam in a recent year had the normal distribution with mean  =18.6 and standard deviation  =5.9. a) What is the probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 21 or higher? b) The average score of the 76 students at Northside High who took the test was x =20.4. What is the probability that the mean score for 76 students randomly selected from all who took the test nationally is 20.4 or higher?

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answered: Cocco

a) 33% probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 21 or higher.

b) 0.39% probability that the mean score for 76 students randomly selected from all who took the test nationally is 20.4 or higher

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this question, we need to understand the normal probability distribution and the central limit theorem.

Normal probability distribution:

Problems of normally distributed samples are solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the zscore of a measure X is given by:

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

Central limit theorem:

The Central Limit Theorem estabilishes that, for a random variable X, with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the sample means with size n of at least 30 can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $s = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$

In this problem, we have that:

$\mu = 18.6, \sigma = 5.9$

a) What is the probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 21 or higher?

This is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 21. So

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

$Z = \frac{21 - 18.6}{5.4}$

Z = 0.44

Z = 0.44 has a pvalue of 0.67

1 - 0.67 = 0.33

33% probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 21 or higher.

b) The average score of the 76 students at Northside High who took the test was x =20.4. What is the probability that the mean score for 76 students randomly selected from all who took the test nationally is 20.4 or higher?

Now we have $n = 76, s = \frac{5.9}{\sqrt{76}} = 0.6768$

This probability is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 20.4. So

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

By the Central Limit Theorem

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{s}$

$Z = \frac{20.4 - 18.6}{0.6768}$

Z = 2.66

Z = 2.66 has a pvalue of 0.9961

1 - 0.9961 = 0.0039

0.39% probability that the mean score for 76 students randomly selected from all who took the test nationally is 20.4 or higher

answered: Guest

amount of oatypop that contains the prize = 40%

amount of oatypop which doesn't contain the prize = (100-40)=60%

probability that hannah will win a prize

= s +f s +f f s+ff f s+ff f f s+ infinity.where f= failure,s= success

= or 60%

probability that hannah only has to buy 3 or less boxes before getting a prize= (s) and ( f s) and (ff s) and (f f f s)

= = 87.04 %

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answered: Guest

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