document.write( "Question 1071663: If the mean height of sorghum varieties to be 68.22 inches with a variance of 10.8 inches,how many varieties in a field of 100 varieties, would you expect to have 6 feet tall? \n" ); document.write( "
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mean = 68.22 inches , variance = 10.8 inches
\n" ); document.write( "Standard deviation =\"sqrt%28variance%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " =\"+sqrt%2810.8%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " =3.2863
\n" ); document.write( "1 feet =12 inches
\n" ); document.write( "6 feet = 12*6 = 72 inches
\n" ); document.write( " Z score for 72 inches = \"+%28x-mean%29%2Fstandard+deviation\"
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\n" ); document.write( " =\"+%2872-68.22%29%2F3.2863+\"
\n" ); document.write( " = 1.15029
\n" ); document.write( " From probability -z score chart, cumulative area for z = 1.15029 is 0.87493 = 87.493 %
\n" ); document.write( "but , we need area for z > 1.15029 ( since we need no of people 6 feet or taller)
\n" ); document.write( "probability = 100- 87.493 = 12.507 %
\n" ); document.write( "Hence probability = 12.507 %
\n" ); document.write( "for 100 varieties, 12.507 varieties would be 6 feet tall
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