SOLUTION: Please show me how to complete this problem: Cheese weighs 8 oz, has a normal distribution mean of 8.1 oz, and a standard deviation of 0.1 oz. There is a 5% chance the average we

Question 382365: Please show me how to complete this problem:
Cheese weighs 8 oz, has a normal distribution mean of 8.1 oz, and a standard deviation of 0.1 oz.
There is a 5% chance the average weight of 5 samples will be below?
I said 8.03 oz. Is this correct?
Also, if 5 cheeses were selected, what would the probability that they are less than 8 oz?
I said 0.9873. Is this correct?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Cheese weighs 8 oz, has a normal distribution mean of 8.1 oz,
and a standard deviation of 0.1 oz.
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There is a 5% chance the average weight of 5 samples will be below?
I said 8.03 oz. Is this correct?
How did you get your answer?
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Also, if 5 cheeses were selected, what would the probability that
they are less than 8 oz?
I said 0.9873. Is this correct?
How did you get your answer?
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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