document.write( "Question 1167974: A survey of college students was conducted during final exam week to assess the number of hours spent studying each day. The mean number of hours was 5 with a standard deviation of 1.5 hours. The distribution was normal.\r
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document.write( "1.What percentage of students studied 7 or more hours per day?\r
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document.write( "2.What percentage of students studied 2 or more hours per day?\r
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document.write( "3.What percentage of students studied between 2 and 7 hours per day? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #851782 by amarjeeth123(570)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a standard normal distribution or Gaussian curve.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "mu=5 hours \n" ); document.write( "sigma=1.5 hours\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "z=(x-mu)/sigma \n" ); document.write( "z1=(7-5)/1.5=2/1.5=4/3=1.3333 \n" ); document.write( "This can be done in Excel. \n" ); document.write( "P(x>7hours)=1-P(x<=7hours)=1-0.90878878=0.0913(approx)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The other two bits can be solved the same formula.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hence proved. \n" ); document.write( " |