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document.write( "Q:The amount of barbeque sauce on VLC Spicy Wings is normally distributed with a mean of 20 mL <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What would you expect to find more of in a basket: wings with more than 18 mL of sauce <BR>\n" );
document.write( "or wings with less than 21 mL of sauce? Explain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each normal distribution curve is a bell-shaped curve, symmetrical about the mean value score on horizontal axis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the area under this curve on the left from the mean value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is the same as to the right from the mean value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, 18 mL is 2 mL on the left from the mean value, while 21 mL is 1 mL on the right <BR>\n" );
document.write( "from the mean value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From it, and based on symmetry and common sense, the probability to have 18 ml or more<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is greater than the probability to have 21 mL or less.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solved, with complete explanation.\r<BR>\n" );
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