document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1182376>Question 1182376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Precision Scientific Instruments company manufactures thermometers that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are supposed to read 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "𝑜𝐶 at the freezing point of water. Tests on these<BR>\n" );
document.write( "instruments revealed that at the freezing point of water some thermometers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "give readings above zero degrees Celsius while other thermometers give<BR>\n" );
document.write( "readings below zero degrees Celsius with an average of zero degrees Celsius<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and a standard deviation of the readings ion 0.9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "𝑜𝐶. Assume that the readings are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "normally distributed, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. If a sample of 40 thermometers is picked from the stock purchased from<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this company, what proportion would read between +𝟎. 𝟓𝒐𝑪 and +𝟏. 𝟐𝒐𝑪.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. The lengths of pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 260 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and a standard deviation of 15 days. If we stipulate that a baby is premature if<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the length of pregnancy is in the lowest 4%, find the length that separates<BR>\n" );
document.write( "premature babies from those who are not premature. </SPAN>\n" );
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