SOLUTION: The amount of rainfall in January in a certain city is normally distributed with a mean of 4.3 inches and a standard deviation of 0.3 inches. Find the probability that rainfall wil

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Question 1090133: The amount of rainfall in January in a certain city is normally distributed with a mean of 4.3 inches and a standard deviation of 0.3 inches. Find the probability that rainfall will be between 3.8 and 4.7 inches.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the z scores based on the two values,
z%5B1%5D=%283.8-4.3%29%2F0.3
z%5B2%5D=%284.7-4.3%29%2F0.3
Then find the probability associated with these z scores.
So then,
P=P%28z%5B2%5D%29-P%28z%5B1%5D%29