2. Company A packages roofing nails in boxes that are normally distributed with a mean of 276 nails and a standard deviation of 5.8 nails. Company B packages roofing nails in boxes that are normally distributed with a mean of 252 nails and a standard deviation of 3.4 nails. Which company is more likely to produce a box of 260 roofing nails? Explain your answer using z-scores.

Company B

Step-by-step explanation:

We would use z score formula

z = (x - μ) / σ

x = raw score

μ = mean

σ = Standard deviation

let x = 260 with the mean μ1 = 276 and standard deviation σ = 5.8

let x = 260 with the mean μ2 = 252 and standard deviation σ = 3.4

z1 = (x- μ1) / σ = (260- 276) / 5.8 = -2.7586206897 = -2.76

z2 = (x2 - μ) / σ = (260 -252) / 3.4= 2.3529411765 = 2.35

Comparing the two z scores, we can see that company B has the probability of producing 260 nails because it has a z score of 2.35 compared to company A with a z score of -2.76.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4