SOLUTION: if the mean number of hours of television watch by teenagers per week is 12 with a standard deviation of 2 hours what proportion of teenagers what 16 to 18 hours of TV a week? (Ass

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Question 877504: if the mean number of hours of television watch by teenagers per week is 12 with a standard deviation of 2 hours what proportion of teenagers what 16 to 18 hours of TV a week? (Assume a normal distribution.)
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Find the zscores of 16 and 18.
z%5B16%5D=%2816-12%29%2F2=2
z%5B18%5D=%2818-12%29%2F2=3
P%28z=16%29=P%282%29=0.97725
P%28z=18%29=P%283%29=0.99865
So then,
P=P%283%29-P%282%29=0.99865-0.97725
P=0.0214