The average number of push-ups a united states marine does daily is 300, with a standard deviationof 50. a random sample of 36 m

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lesantik [10]

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The average number of push-ups a united states marine does daily is 300, with a standard deviationof 50. a random sample of 36 m

arines is selected. what is the probability that the sample mean is atmost 320 push-ups?

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leva [86] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-17T19:47:54+03:00

leva [86]2 years ago

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To solve we need to calculate the z-score, but since we are given the sample size then we shall begin as follows:
μ=300
σ=50
n=36
x=320
thus
σ/√n
=50/√36
=8.33333
thus the z-score will be:
z=(320-300)/8.33333
z=2.4
Thus
P(x>320)=P(z<2.4)=0.9918