QUESTION 1 The grades of the graduating class at Jefferson College are normally

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QUESTION 1 The grades of the graduating class at Jefferson College are normally distributed with a mean of 3.17 and a standard deviation of 0.26. If a graduating student is randomly selected, what is the probability that they have a gpa below 2.8?

QUESTION 2 The cost of a flight from Pittsburgh to Orlando is normally distributed with a mean of $279 and a standard deviation of $21. If a flight is randomly selected, what is the probability that the cost is between $270 and $280?

QUESTION 3 The Decadent Desserts cookbook has recipes for desserts. The number of calories per serving for the recipes in the cookbook is normally distributed with a mean of 320 and a standard deviation of 25. If 15 recipes are randomly selected to serve at a reception, what is the probability that the average calories per serving for the sample is over 330?

QUESTION 4 The number of pages in a Biology textbook is normally distributed with a mean of 492 pages and a standard deviation of 30 pages. How many pages would a book have if it is in the shortest 11% of Biology textbooks?

QUESTION 5 If the same data were used to construct 3 confidence intervals, for the mean using different levels of confidence, which one would have the largest margin of error? 90% 95% 99% They would all be the same.

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1) Mean = 3.17

SD = 0.26

z = (2.8 - 3.17)/0.26

z = - 1.42

P( z < - 1.42) = 0.0778

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