SOLUTION: A distribution of weights is known to be approximately normally distributed with mean of 77.5 kilograms and standard deviation of 4.6 kilograms. Determine the probability of ran

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Question 871257: A distribution of weights is known to be approximately normally distributed with mean of 77.5 kilograms and standard deviation of 4.6 kilograms.
Determine the probability of randomly selecting one person with a weight less than 72 kilograms.

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Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
z = -5.5/4.6 = -1.1957
P(z < -1.1957) = 11.59%

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