Statistics Homework Chapter 9

9.17 An automatic machine in a manufacturing process is operating properly is the lengths of an important subcomponent
are normally distributed with a mean = 117 cm and a standard deviation = 5.2 cm.
a. Find the probability that one selected subcomponent is longer than 120 cm.
b. Find the probability that is four subcomponents are randomly selected, their mean lengths exceed 120 cm.
c. Find the probability that if four subcomponents are randomly selected, all four have lengths that exceed 120 cm.

9.19 The number of pizzas consumed per month by university students is normally distributed with a mean of 10 and a
standard deviation of 3.
a. What proportion of students consume more than 12 pizzas per month?
b. What is the probability that in a random sample of 25 students more than 275 pizzas are consumed? (Hint: What
is the mean number of pizzas consumed by a sample of 25 students?)

9.23 The number of customers who enter a supermarket each hour is normally distributed with a mean of 600 and a
standard deviation of 200. The supermarket is open 16 hours per day. What is the probability that the total number of
customers who enter the supermarket in one day is greater than 10,000? (Hint: Calculate the average hourly number of
customers necessary to exceed 10,000 in one 16-hour day.)

9.35 The assembly line that produces an electronic component of a missile system has historically resulted in a 2%
defective rate. A random sample of 800 components is drawn. What is the probability that the defective rate is greater
than 4%? Suppose that in the random sample the defective rate is 4%. What does this suggest about the defective rate
on the assembly line?

9.39 The Laurier Company’s brand has a market share of 30%. Suppose that in a survey 1,000 consumers of the product
are asked which brand that prefer. What is the probability that more than 32% of the respondents say they prefer the
Laurier brand?

9.42 The Red Lobster restaurant chain regularly surveys its customers. On the basis of these surveys, the management of
the chain claims that 75% of customers rate the food as excellent. A consumer testing service wants to examine the
claim by asking 460 customers to rate the food. What is the probability that less than 70% rate the food as excellent?

9.51 A factory’s worker productivity is normally distributed. One worker produces an average of 75 units per day with a
standard deviation of 20. Another worker produced at an average rate of 65 per date with a standard deviation of 21.
What is the probability that during one week (5 working days) worker 1 will outproduce worker 2?

9.52 A professor of statistics noticed that the marks in his course are normally distributed. He has also noticed that his
morning classes average 73% with a standard deviation of 12% on their final exams. His afternoon class average 77%
with a standard deviation of 10%. What is the probability that the mean mark of four randomly selected students from
a morning class is greater than the average mark of four randomly selected students from an afternoon class?

• Suppose that salaries of managers in a certain industry have a histogram which is approximately a normal curve with
mean = $75,000 and st. dev. = $8,000. Assume a random sample of 50 is taken. What proportion of these managers have
average salaries that are at least $78,000; less than $70,000; between $72,000 and $78,000?