A large school district in southern California asked all of its eighth-graders to measure the length of their right foot at the
beginning of the school year, as part of a science project. The data show that foot length is approximately Normally distributed, with a mean of 23.4 cm and a standard deviation of 1.7 cm. Suppose that 25 eighth-graders from this population are randomly selected. Approximately what is probability that the sample mean foot length is less than 23 cm?
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Answer:
The probability of the sample mean foot length less than 23 cm is 0.120
Step-by-step explanation:
* Lets explain the information in the problem
- The eighth-graders asked to measure the length of their right foot at
the beginning of the school year, as part of a science project
- The foot length is approximately Normally distributed, with a mean of
23.4 cm
∴ μ = 23.4 cm
- The standard deviation of 1.7
∴ σ = 1.7 cm
- 25 eighth-graders from this population are randomly selected
∴ n = 25
- To find the probability of the sample mean foot length less than 23
∴ The sample mean x = 23, find the standard deviation σx
- The rule to find σx is σx = σ/√n
∵ σ = 1.7 and n = 25
∴ σx = 1.7/√25 = 1.7/5 = 0.34
- Now lets find the z-score using the rule z-score = (x - μ)/σx
∵ x = 23 , μ = 23.4 , σx = 0.34
∴ z-score = (23 - 23.4)/0.34 = -1.17647 ≅ -1.18
- Use the table of the normal distribution to find P(x < 23)
- We will search in the raw of -1.1 and look to the column of 0.08
∴ P(X < 23) = 0.119 ≅ 0.120
* The probability of the sample mean foot length less than 23 cm is 0.120
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