document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=874511>Question 874511</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose the life of a particular brand of calculator battery is normally distributed with a mean of 80 hours and a standard deviation of 11 hours. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. what is the probability that a single battery randomly selected from the population will have a life of 75 to 85 hours?   .3506<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. what is the probability that 9 randomly sampled batteries from the population will have a mean life of between 75 and 85 hours? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #527548 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><B>ewatrrr(24785)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ewatrrr><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=527548\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a. z = ± 7/11.   .6753-.3247 = .3506 yes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b Sample of 9, s = 11/sqrt(9) = 11/3, z = ± |5/3.6667|= ± 1.3636<BR>\n" );
document.write( " .9137 - .0863<BR>\n" );
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