document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170956>Question 1170956</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose that the distance of fly balls hit to the outfield (in baseball) is normally distributed with a mean of 243 feet and a standard deviation of 42 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use your graphing calculator to answer the following questions. Write your answers in percent form. Round your answers to the nearest tenth of a percent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) If one fly ball is randomly chosen from this distribution, what is the probability that this ball traveled fewer than 228 feet?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P (fewer than 228 feet) = %<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) If one fly ball is randomly chosen from this distribution, what is the probability that this ball traveled more than 246 feet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(more than 246 feet) = % </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #796053 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=796053\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the first is z < (228-243)/42 or -15/42 . that probability is 0.3605<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for the other, z > 2ndVARS(246,500,243,42)ENTER for 0.4715 probability. </SPAN>\n" );
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