Answer:
c. 0.136.
Step-by-step explanation:
Problems of normally distributed samples can be solved using the z-score formula.
In a set with mean and standard deviation
, the zscore 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 pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
In this problem, we have that:
The proportion of infants with birth weights between 125 oz and 140 oz is
This is the pvalue of Z when X = 140 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 125. So
X = 140
has a pvalue of 0.977
X = 125
has a pvalue of 0.841
0.9772 - 0.841 = 0.136
So the correct answer is:
c. 0.136.