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krek1111 [17]
2 years ago
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Weights of American adults are normally distributed with a mean of 180 pounds and a standard deviation of 8 pounds. What is the

probability that a randomly selected individual will be between 185 and 190 pounds? Solution: pnorm(190-185,180,8) = 2.24756e-106, which is essentially 0. What was done wrong in this solution?
Mathematics
1 answer:
ahrayia [7]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

15.87% probability that a randomly selected individual will be between 185 and 190 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

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.

In this problem, we have that:

\mu = 180, \sigma = 8

What is the probability that a randomly selected individual will be between 185 and 190 pounds?

This probability is the pvalue of Z when X = 190 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 185. So

X = 190

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

Z = \frac{190 - 180}{8}

Z = 1.25

Z = 1.25 has a pvalue of 0.8944

X = 185

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

Z = \frac{185 - 180}{8}

Z = 0.63

Z = 0.63 has a pvalue of 0.7357

0.8944 - 0.7357 = 0.1587

15.87% probability that a randomly selected individual will be between 185 and 190 pounds

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