The average precipitation for the first 7 months of the year is 19.32 inches with a standard deviati

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  1. math_celebrity

    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    The average precipitation for the first 7 months of the year is 19.32 inches with a standard deviation of 2.4 inches. Assume that the average precipitation is normally distributed.

    a. What is the probability that a randomly selected year will have precipitation greater than 18 inches for the first 7 months?

    b. What is the average precipitation of 5 randomly selected years for the first 7 months?

    c. What is the probability of 5 randomly selected years will have an average precipitation greater than 18 inches for the first 7 months?

    For a. we set up our z-score for:
    P(X>18) = 0.7088

    b. We assume the average precipitation of 5 randomly selected years for the first 7 months is the population mean μ = 19.32

    c. P(X > 18 with n = 5) = 0.8907
     

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