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document.write( "A large shipment of watermelons has weights that are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.71 kg. The probability that a watermelon weights less than 2.1 kg is 10.2%. The mean shipment to the nearest hundredth of a kg is ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the z-value with a left tail of 10.2%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "invNorm(0.102) = -1.2703<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using x = z*s + u, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.1 = -1.2703*0.71 + u<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "u = 3.00<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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