document.write( "Question 549289: The weight of a new-born baby follows a normal distribution with mean 3.44 kg
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document.write( " and standard deviation 1.31 kg. The probability of the average weight of n new-
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document.write( " born babies being greater than 3.13 kg is 0.937. Find the value of n \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #357594 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The weight of a new-born baby follows a normal distribution with mean 3.44 kg \n" ); document.write( "and standard deviation 1.31 kg. The probability of the average weight of n new- \n" ); document.write( "born babies being greater than 3.13 kg is 0.937. Find the value of n \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "x-bar = 3.13 \n" ); document.write( "AND \n" ); document.write( "z(3.13) = (3.13-3.44)/(1.31/sqrt(n) \n" ); document.write( "Find the z-score with a left-tail of 1-0.937 = 0.0630: \n" ); document.write( "invNorm(0.0630) = -1.5301 \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "So (3.13-3.44)/[1.31/sqrt(n)] = -1.5301 \n" ); document.write( "-0.31/(1.31/sqrt(n)) = -1.5301 \n" ); document.write( "1.31/sqrt(n) = -0.31/-1.5301 = 0.2026 \n" ); document.write( "sqrt(n) = 1.31/0.2026 = 6.4658 \n" ); document.write( "n = 41.8 rounding up to 49 \n" ); document.write( "================================ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "================\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |