Normal Distributions and Probability

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 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 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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For a randomly selected subject in a standard normal distribution (mean is 0 and standard deviation is 1), find the probability of a score between 1.37 and 2.42.

• 0.078
• 0.785
• 0.223
• 0.023

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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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Red blood cell counts of women are normally distributed with a mean of 4.577 and a standard deviation of 0.382.  What percentage of women have red blood cell counts in the normal range from 4.2 to 5.4?

• 82.3%
• 77.8%
• 72.6%
• 68%

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A bank's loan officer rates applicants for credit. The ratings are normally distributed with a mean of 200 and a standard deviation of 50. Find the score which separates the lower 60% from the top 40%.

•  187.5
• 212.7
• 207.8
•  211.3

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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 speeds of cars on the highway have a mean of 95 km/h with a standard deviation of 5 km/h. What percentage of cars averaged less than 85 km/h?

• .15%

• 2.35%

• 2.5%

• 18.5%

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The mean life of a tire is 30 000 km. The standard deviation is 2000 km. 68% of all tires will have a life between ______km and ______km.

• 26000 and 34000

• 28000 and 32000

• 24000 and 34000

• 22000 and 36000

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