document.write( "Question 646101: The weights of adult Asian palm civets are known to be normally distributed with
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "mean of 7.7 pounds and a standard deviation of 0.95 pounds
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document.write( "Using TI-83 Calculator to Compute Normal Probability Distribution Values:
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document.write( "Press 2nd VARS [DISTR].Scroll down to 2:normalcdf and Press ENTER:
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document.write( "Enter proper values, Press ENTER.
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document.write( "P(Weigh at least 6 pounds) is normalcdf(6,9999,7.7,.95)
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document.write( "Note: The 9999 is used as the larger value to be at least 5 standard deviations from the mean.
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document.write( "P(Weigh less than 5 pounds or more than 10 pounds) = 1 - P(5 ≤ x ≤ 10)
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document.write( "                                                   = 1 - normalcdf(5,10,7.7,.95) \n" );
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