Normal Distribution (Technology)

Use the following information and the Empirical Rule to estimate the answer.

The ages of golfers are normally distributed, with a mean of 38 and a standard deviation of 4.

There are 500 golf members at the Mathy Country Club. How many are younger than 34?

• 16

• 80

• 100

• 150

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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 mean GPA of students in a course at UCDavis is 3.2 with a standard deviation of 0.3. What percent of students in the course have a GPA between  2.9 and 3.8? 

• 81.5%
• 47.5%
• 68%
• 95%

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The average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation of 1.4 inch. 
If waist sizes are normally distributed, estimate the proportion of teenagers who will have waist   sizes greater than 31 inches?

• 92.4%
• 10.5%
• 16%
• 7.6%

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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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Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, what percentage of scores are above 82?

• 34%

• 81.5%

• 16%

• 2.5%

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Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, how many students out of 500 would score between 68 and 82

• 11

• 2

• 340

• 498

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Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, how many students out of 500 would score higher than 68?

• 11

• 12

• 420

• 250

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The distribution of heights of adult American men is approximately Normal with mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.5 inches. What percent of men are between 64 and 66.5 inches tall? 

• 50%
• 2.5%
• 13.5%
• 34%

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