The contents of bottles of water have a distribution with me
The contents of bottles of water have a distribution with mean 9.1 ounces and standard deviation .3 ounce. Suppose a sample of size 64 will be taken and the sample mean will be calculated. What is the probability that a single bottle of water contains more than 9 ounces?
Select one:
a. .0038
b. .3694
c. .6306
d. .9962
e. Cannot be determined
Solution
We first get the z score for the critical value. As z = (x - u) / s, then as
x = critical value = 9
u = mean = 9.1
s = standard deviation = 0.3
Thus,
z = (x - u) / s = -0.333333333
Thus, using a table/technology, the right tailed area of this is
P(z > -0.333333333 ) = 0.63055866 = 0.6306 [ANSWER, OPTION C]
