Jody, a statistics major, grows tomatoes in her spare time. she keeps a record of the weight of each tomato she grows. what per

Question

3 years ago

11

Jody, a statistics major, grows tomatoes in her spare time. she keeps a record of the weight of each tomato she grows. what per

centage of all her tomatoes will be within one standard deviation of the mean weight? choose the correct answer below.
a. 50
b. 99.7
c. 95
d. 68
e. 10

Mathematics

1 answer:

zhuklara [117] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-24T01:43:21+03:00

zhuklara [117]3 years ago

5 0

Refer to the figure below.
μ = the mean
σ = the standard deviation

If the weights of the tomatoes are normally distributed, then about 68% of the weights will be within one standard deviation from the mean.
That is,
P(μ-σ ≤ x ≤ μ+σ) = 0.68

Answer: c. 68

Jody, a statistics​ major, grows tomatoes in her spare time. she keeps a record of the weight of each tomato she grows. what per

Jody, a statistics major, grows tomatoes in her spare time. she keeps a record of the weight of each tomato she grows. what per