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Before a new phone system was installed, the amount a company spent on personal calls
followed a normal distribution with an average of $700 per month and a standard
deviation of $50 per month. Refer to such expenses as PCE's (personal call expenses). Find
the point in the distribution below which 2.5% of the PCE's fell.
a.
$ 798.00
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b.
$ 17.50
c.
$ 602.00
d.
$ 682.50

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Transportation officials tell us that 70% of drivers wear seat belts while driving. What is
the probability of observing 508 or fewer drivers wearing seat belts in a sample of 800
drivers?
a.
approximately 0
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b.
0.7
c.
0.3
d.
approximately 1

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The diameters of ball bearings produced in a manufacturing process can be described
using a uniform distribution over the interval 2.5 to 4.5 millimeters. What is the
probability that a randomly selected ball bearing has a diameter greater than 3.2
millimeters?
a.
0.65
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b.
0.4571
c.
0.7111
d.
1.5

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The manager of a computer help desk operation has collected enough data to conclude that
the distribution of time per call is normally distributed with a mean equal to 8.21 minutes
and a standard deviation of 2.14 minutes. The manager has decided to have a signal system
attached to the phone so that after a certain period of time, a sound will occur on her
employees' phone if she exceeds the time limit. The manager wants to set the time limit at
a level such that it will sound on only 8 percent of all calls. The time limit should be:
a.
about 14.58 minutes.
b.
10.35 minutes.
c.
about 11.23 minutes.
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d.
approximately 5.19 minutes.

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A random variable is normally distributed with a mean of 25 and a standard deviation of 5.
If an observation is randomly selected from the distribution, what value will 15% of the
observations be below?
a.
17.2
b.
18.7
c.
16.2
d.
19.8
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For a standardized normal distribution, calculate P(-1.28 < z < 1.75).
a.
0.3997
b.
0.1404
c.
0.4599
d.
0.8596
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The manager at a local movie theater has collected data for a long period of time and has
concluded that the revenue from concession sales during the first show each evening is
normally distributed with a mean equal to $336.25 and a standard deviation equal to $80.
Based on this information, what are the chances that the revenue on the first show will be
between $300 and $500?
a.
0.1736
b.
Approximately 0.4798
c.
About 0.3062
d.
Approximately 0.6534
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The makers of Sweet-Things candy sell their candy by the box. Based on company policy,
the mean target weight of all boxes is 2.0 pounds. To make sure that they are not putting
too much in the boxes, the manager wants no more than 3 percent of all boxes to contain
more than 2.10 pounds of candy. In order to do this, what should the mean fill weight be
set to if the fill standard deviation is 0.13 pounds? Assume that the box weights are
normally distributed.
a.
Nearly 1.27 pounds
b.
Just over 2 pounds
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c.
Approximately 1.86 pounds
d.
Approximately 2.33 pounds

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It is thought that the time between customer arrivals at a fast food business is exponentially
distributed with ë equal to 5 customers per hour. Given this information, what is the mean
time between arrivals?
a.
5 hours
b.
5 minutes
c.
2 minutes
d.
12 minutes
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For a standardized normal distribution, determine a value, say z0, so that P(-z0 = z = z0)
= 0.95.
a.
2.14
b.
1.65
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c.
1.96
d.
1.24

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A random variable is normally distributed with a mean of -50 and a standard deviation of
10. If an observation is randomly selected from the distribution, what value will be
exceeded 85% of the time?
a.
39.66
b.
60.34
c.
-39.66
d.
-60.34
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The tread life of a particular brand of tire is a random variable best described by a normal
distribution with a mean of 60,000 miles and a standard deviation of 2500 miles. What is
the probability a particular tire of this brand will last longer than 57,500 miles?
a.
.1587
b.
.8413
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c.
.7266
d.
.2266

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For a standardized normal distribution, determine a value, say z0, so that P(z = z0) = 0.01.
a.
2.33
b.
-1.96
c.
-2.33
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d.
1.96

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For a standardized normal distribution, calculate P(z < 1.5).
a.
0.9332
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b.
0.333
c.
0.667
d.
0.0668

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A physical fitness association is including the mile run in its secondary-school fitness test.
The time for this event for boys in secondary school is known to possess a normal
distribution with a mean of 450 seconds and a standard deviation of 40 seconds. Between
what times do we expect approximately 95% of the boys to run the mile?
a.
between 0 and 515.824 seconds
b.
between 355 and 545 seconds
c.
between 371.6 and 528.4 seconds
d.
between 384.2 and 515.824 seconds
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Consider a random variable, z, that has a standardized normal distribution. Determine P
(1.28 < z < 2.33).
a.
0.0904
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b.
0.4901
c.
0.0126
d.
0.3997

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A randomly selected customer support wait time (from a normal distribution) is calculated
to be 1.8 standard deviations below the mean. What is the probability that another
randomly selected customer wait time from the distribution will be less than 1.8 standard
deviations below the mean?
a.
0.9281
b.
0.0359
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c.
0.0024
d.
0.0178

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A recent study showed that the length of time required for customers to resolve their
computer issues with online support is normally distributed with a mean equal to 0.35
hours with a standard deviation of 0.2 hours. Given this information, what is the probability
of resolution will take between 10 and 15 minutes?
a.
About 0.13
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b.
About 0.31
c.
Nearly 0.00
d.
About 0.87

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The makers of Sweet-Things candy sell their candy by the box. Based on company policy,
the mean target weight of all boxes is 2.0 pounds. To make sure that they are not putting
too much in the boxes, the manager wants no more than 3 percent of all boxes to contain
more than 2.10 pounds of candy. In order to do this, what should the mean fill weight be
set to if the fill standard deviation is 0.13 pounds? Assume that the box weights are
normally distributed.
a.
Just over 2 pounds
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b.
Approximately 1.86 pounds
c.
Approximately 2.33 pounds
d.
Nearly 1.27 pounds

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A certain baseball player hits a home run in 4% of his at-bats. Consider his at-bats as
independent events. Find the probability that this baseball player hits fewer than 16 home
runs in 650 at-bats.
a.
0.96
b.
0.04
c.
0.9714
d.
0.0286
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