document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1162595>Question 1162595</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each month, an American household generates an average of 28 pounds of newspaper for garbage and/or recycling. Assume this is approximately normally distributed and that the standard deviation is 2 pounds. If a household is selected at random, find the probability of it generating between 27  -  31 pounds per month.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #786776 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=786776\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z=(x-mean)/sd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "between z=(27=28)/2=-0.5 and z=(31-28)/2=+1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That probability is 0.6247 </SPAN>\n" );
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