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The monthly cost for cell phones for plan Amazing has a mean of $39.17 with a standard deviation of $13.58, while the monthly co

st for plan Best has a mean cost of $41.16 with a standard deviation of $7.18. A random sample of 37 phones is selected from plan Amazing, and a random sample of 40 phones is selected from plan Best. What is the probability that the mean cost for plan Amazing will be more than the mean cost for plan Best? 0.2134 0.7866 0.9741 0.9942

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0.2134

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We are dealing here with the concept of <em>a sampling distribution</em>, that is, the distribution of the sample means $\\ \overline{x}$ .

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The number of observations is n = 64.

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$\\ Z \sim N(0, 1)$

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$\\ Z = \frac{\overline{x} - \mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}$ [1]

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Part a

The mean of a sampling distribution of $\\ \overline{x}$ is the population mean $\\ \mu = 20$ or $\\ \mu_{\overline{x}} = \mu = 20$ .

The standard deviation is the population standard deviation $\\ \sigma = 16$ divided by the root square of n, that is, the number of observations of the sample. Thus, $\\ \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}} = \frac{16}{\sqrt{64}}=2$ .

Part b

We are dealing here with a <em>random sample</em>. The z-score for the sampling distribution of $\\ \overline{x}$ is given by [1]. Then

$\\ Z = \frac{\overline{x} - \mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}$

$\\ Z = \frac{16 - 20}{\frac{16}{\sqrt{64}}}$

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$\\ Z = \frac{-4}{2}$

$\\ Z = -2$

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Part c

We can follow the same procedure as before. Then

$\\ Z = \frac{\overline{x} - \mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}$

$\\ Z = \frac{23 - 20}{\frac{16}{\sqrt{64}}}$

$\\ Z = \frac{3}{\frac{16}{8}}$

$\\ Z = \frac{3}{2}$

$\\ Z = 1.5$

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Part d

Since we know from [1] that the random variable follows a <em>standard normal distribution</em>, we can consult the <em>cumulative standard normal table</em> for the corresponding $\\ \overline{x}$ already calculated. This table is available in Statistics textbooks and on the Internet. We can also use statistical packages and even spreadsheets or calculators to find this probability.

The corresponding value is Z = -2, that is, it is <em>two standard units</em> <em>below</em> the mean (because of the <em>negative</em> value). Then, consulting the mentioned table, the corresponding cumulative probability for Z = -2 is $\\ P(Z$ .

Therefore, the probability $\\ P(\overline{x}$ .

Part e

We can follow a similar way than the previous step.

$\\ P(\overline{x} > 23) = P(Z > 1.5)$

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Part f

This probability is $\\ P(\overline{x} > 16)$ and $\\ P(\overline{x} < 23)$ .

For finding this, we need to subtract the cumulative probabilities for $\\ P(\overline{x} < 16)$ and $\\ P(\overline{x} < 23)$

Using the previous <em>standardized values</em> for them, we have from <em>Part d</em>:

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