A half-life of 9 minutes corresponds to a decay factor <em>k</em> such that
Then the time it takes for the substance to decay from 610 g to 124 g is time <em>t </em>such that
Solve for <em>t</em> :
so it takes about 20.7 min for the 610 g sample to decay down to 124 g.
Answer:
The diameter that separates the bottom 9% is 5.02 millimeters.
The diameter that separates the top 9% is 5.2 millimeters.
Step-by-step explanation:
Normal Probability Distribution:
Problems of normal distributions can be solved using the z-score formula.
In a set with mean and standard deviation
, the z-score of a measure X is given by:
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 p-value, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
Mean of 5.11 millimeters and a standard deviation of 0.07 millimeters.
This means that
Bottom 9%:
The 9th percentile, which is X when Z has a pvalue of 0.09. So X when Z = -1.34.
The diameter that separates the bottom 9% is 5.02 millimeters.
Top 9%:
The 100 - 9 = 91th percentile, which is X when Z has a pvalue of 0.91. So X when Z = 1.34.
The diameter that separates the top 9% is 5.2 millimeters.