Normal Distributions

The 40 yards sprint times for a soccer team are found to be normally distributed with a mean of 5.2 seconds and a standard deviation of 0.3 seconds.  What is the z-score for a player who runs a time of 5.6 seconds?

• -1.33
• 1.33
• 0.88
• 1.02

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The mean number of accidents a week at a company is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 1.5.  What proportion of weeks would you expect to have less than 5 accidents?

• 0.6915
• 0.1762
• 0.8238
• -0.93

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The mean number of accidents a week at a company is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 1.5.  What proportion of weeks would you expect to have more than 7 accidents?

• 0.3446
• 0.2856
• 0.4
• 0.6554

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The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.  
Suppose a male long jumper's jump ranked in the 75th percentile.  How long was his jump?

• 0.67 inch
• 263 inches
• 272.44 inches
• 277.25 inches

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The shelf life of a particular dairy product is normally distributed with a mean of 12 days and a standard deviation of 3 days.

About what percent of the products last between 12 and 15 days?

• 68%

• 34%

• 16%

• 2.5%

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Which is NOT true about the standard normal distribution?

• It is bell-shaped.
• It is unimodal.
• The mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 1.
• It is asymmetrical.

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Pat and Chris both took a spatial abilities test (mean = 80, std. dev. = 8).  Pat scores a 76 and Chris scored a 94.  What percent of individuals would score between Pat and Chris? 

• 26.8%
• 96%
• 65.1%
• 4%

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The weights of adult male beagles are normally distributed, with a mean of 25 pounds and a standard deviation of 3 pounds. A beagle is randomly selected. Find the probability that the beagle’s weight is between 23 and 26 pounds.

• 0.3694

• 0.3781

• 0.0912

• 0.3487

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Red blood cell counts of women are normally distributed with a mean of 4.577 and a standard deviation of 0.382. Find the probability that one randomly selected woman has a red blood cell count above 5.4.

• 0.150

• 0.0156

• 0.215

• 0.0237

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In a survey of men in the United States (ages 20-29), the mean height was 69.6 inches with a standard deviation of 3.0 inches. Find the minimum height in the top 22%.

• 69.37 in

• 67.58 in

• 71.91 in

• 70.52 in

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