SOLUTION: A packing machine is set to fill a cardboard box with a mean of 16.1 ounces of cereal. Suppose the amounts per box form a normal distribution with a standard deviation equal to 0.4

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Question 1156899: A packing machine is set to fill a cardboard box with a mean of 16.1 ounces of cereal. Suppose the amounts per box form a normal distribution with a standard deviation equal to 0.4 ounces.
What percent is a box that is less than 16.2 ounces.

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
z=(x-mean)/sd
z<(16.2-16.1)/(0.4) or <+0.25
That probability is 0.5987

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