document.write( "Question 261154: A company specialises in packing washing powder for a National Chain of Supermarkets.The machine used to pack the washing powder is calibrated to make a mean of 510g.However the machine is not 100% reliable and there is some variation in the mean.The variability as measured by standard deviation is2.5g.It is known that the weight packed by the machine follows a normal distribution .The supermarket chain has recently been complaining because they think that too many washing powder boxes are either underweight or overweight.
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document.write( "a)What percentage of the bags filled by the machine will weigh less than 507.5g?
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document.write( "b)What is the probability that a bag filled by the machine weighs less than 512g?
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document.write( "c)What percentage of the bags will weigh between 512 and 515g? \n" );
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