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Question 549377: A manufacturer claims that the number of candies in a bag is normally distributed with a mean of 60 candies. A person checking this claim finds that 68% of the bags contain between 57 and 63 candies. What is the approximate standard deviation of the distribution of the number of candies in the bags? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A manufacturer claims that the number of candies in a bag is normally distributed with a mean of 60 candies. A person checking this claim finds that 68% of the bags contain between 57 and 63 candies. What is the approximate standard deviation of the distribution of the number of candies in the bags?
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Range = 6*sigma
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6sigma = 63-57 = 6
sigma = 1
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Stan H.
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