SOLUTION: Airlines have to estimate the weights of passengers. Assume that men have weights that are normally distributed with a mean of 172 pounds and a standard devation of 29 pounds. Fi

Question 326570: Airlines have to estimate the weights of passengers. Assume that men have weights that are normally distributed with a mean of 172 pounds and a standard devation of 29 pounds. Find the probability that among 213 male passengers, the mean weight is greater than 175 pounds.
Give your answer to four decimal places.
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Airlines have to estimate the weights of passengers. Assume that men have weights that are normally distributed with a mean of 172 pounds and a standard devation of 29 pounds. Find the probability that among 213 male passengers, the mean weight is greater than 175 pounds.
Give your answer to four decimal places.
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t(175) = (175-172)/[29/sqrt(213)] = 1.5098
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P(xbar > 213) = P(t > 1.5098 when df = 212) = 0.0663
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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