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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman

Chapter 6

The Normal Distribution - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Normal Distributions

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Problem 1

What are the characteristics of a normal distribution?

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Problem 2

Why is the standard normal distribution important in statistical analysis?

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Problem 3

What is the total area under the standard normal distribution curve?

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Problem 4

What percentage of the area falls below the mean? Above the mean?

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Problem 5

About what percentage of the area under the normal distribution curve falls within 1 standard deviation above and below the mean? 2 standard deviations? 3 standard deviations?

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Problem 6

What are two other names for a normal distribution?

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Problem 6

What are two other names for a normal distribution?

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Problem 7

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
Between z = 0 and z = 1.07

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Problem 8

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
Between z = 0 and z = 1.77

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Problem 9

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
Between z = 0 and z = 1.93

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Problem 10

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
Between z = 0 and z = ?0.32

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Problem 11

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the right of z = 0.37

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Problem 12

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the right of z = 2.01

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Problem 13

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the left of z = ?1.87

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Problem 14

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
$$
\text { To the left of } z=-0.75
$$

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Problem 15

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
Between z = 1.09 and z = 1.83

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Problem 16

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
Between z = 1.23 and z = 1.90

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Problem 17

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
$$
\text { Between } z=-1.46 \text { and } z=-1.77
$$

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Problem 18

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
$$\text { Between } z=-0.96 \text { and } z=-0.36$$

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Problem 19

Procter $\&$ Gamble reported that an American family of four washes an average of 1 ton ( 2000 pounds) of clothes each year. If the standard deviation of the distribution is 187.5 pounds, find the probability that the mean of a randomly selected sample of 50 families of four will be between 1980 and 1990 pounds.

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Problem 20

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
Between z = 0.24 and z = ?1.12

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Problem 21

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the left of z = 1.12

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Problem 22

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the left of z = 1.31

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Problem 23

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the right of z = ?0.18

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Problem 24

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the right of z = 1.92?

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Problem 25

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve
To the right of $z=1.92$ and to the left of $z=-0.44$

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Problem 26

Find the area under the standard normal distribution curve.
To the left of $z=-2.15$ and to the right of $z=1.62$

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Problem 27

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(0< z<0.95)$

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Problem 28

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(0< z<1.96)$

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Problem 29

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(-1.38< z<0)$

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Problem 30

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(-1.23< z<0)$

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Problem 31

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(z>2.33)$

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Problem 32

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(z>0.82)$

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Problem 33

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(z< -1.51)$

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Problem 34

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(z< -1.77)$

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Problem 35

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(-2.07< z<1.88)$

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Problem 36

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(-0.20< z<1.56)$

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Problem 37

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(1.56< z<2.13)$

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Problem 38

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(1.12< z<1.43)$

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Problem 39

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(z< 1.42)$

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Problem 40

Find the probabilities for each, using the standard normal distribution.
$P(z>-1.43)$

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Problem 41

Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
0.4175

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Problem 42

Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
0.4066

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Problem 43

Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
0.0188

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Problem 44

Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
0.0239

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Problem 45

Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
0.8962

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Problem 46

Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
0.9671

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Problem 47

Find the z value to the left of the mean so that
a. 98.87% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the right of it.
b. 82.12% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the right of it.
c. 60.64% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the right of it.

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Problem 48

Find the z value to the right of the mean so that
a. 54.78% of the area under the distribution curve lies
to the left of it.
b. 69.85% of the area under the distribution curve lies
to the left of it.
c. 88.10% of the area under the distribution curve lies
to the left of it.

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Problem 49

Find two z values, one positive and one negative, that are equidistant from the mean so that the areas in the two tails add to the following values.
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 1%

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Problem 50

Find two z values so that 48% of the middle area is bounded by them.

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Problem 51

Find $P(-1< z<1), P(-2< z<2),$ and $P(-3< z<3)$
How do these values compare with the empirical rule?

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Problem 52

In the standard normal distribution, find the values of z for the 75th, 80th, and 92nd percentiles.

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Problem 53

$z_{0}$ is the statistical notation for an unknown z value. It serves that same function as $x$ does in an algebraic equation.
Find $z_{0}$ such that $P\left(-1.2<z<z_{0}\right)=0.8671$.

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Problem 54

$z_{0}$ is the statistical notation for an unknown z value. It serves that same function as $x$ does in an algebraic equation.
Find $z_{0}$ such that $P\left(z_{0}<z<2.5\right)=0.7672$.

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Problem 55

$z_{0}$ is the statistical notation for an unknown z value. It serves that same function as $x$ does in an algebraic equation.
Find $z_{2}$ such that the area between $z_{0}$ and $z=-0.5$ is 0.2345 (two answers).

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Problem 56

$z_{0}$ is the statistical notation for an unknown z value. It serves that same function as $x$ does in an algebraic equation.
Find $z_{0}$ such that $P\left(-z_{0}<z<z_{0}\right)=0.76$

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Problem 57

Find the equation for the standard normal distribution by substituting 0 for $\mu$ and 1 for $\sigma$ in the equation
$$y=\frac{e^{-(X-\mu)^{2} /\left(2 \sigma^{2}\right)}}{\sigma \sqrt{2 \pi}}$$

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Problem 58

Graph by hand the standard normal distribution by using the formula derived in Exercise $57 .$ Let $\pi \approx 3.14$ and $e \approx 2.718 .$ Use $X$ values of $-2,-1.5,-1,-0.5,0,0.5,$ $1,1.5,$ and $2 .$ (Use a calculator to compute the $y$ values.)

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Problem 59

Find $P(z<2.3 \text { or } z>-1.2)$

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Problem 60

Find $P(z>2.3 \text { and } z<-1.2)$

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