The amounts a soft drink machine is designed to dispense for each drink are norm
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Question
The amounts a soft drink machine is designed to dispense for each drink are normally distributed, with a mean of 11.8 fluid ounces and a standard deviation of 0.2 fluid ounce. A drink is randomly selected. (a) Find the probability the drink is less than 11.7 fluid ounces. (b) Find the probability that the drink is between 11.6 and 11.7 fluid ounces. (c)Find the probability that the drink is more than 12.1 fluid ounces. Can this be considered an unusual even? Explain your reasoning. (a)The probability that the drink is less than 11.7 fluid ounces is (Round to four decimal places as needed.)Explanation / Answer
a) P(X < 11.7)
= P(z < (11.7 - 11.8)/0.2)
= P(z < -0.5)
= 0.3085
b) P(11.6 < X < 11.7)
= P((11.6 - 11.8)/0.2 < z < (11.7 - 11.8)/0.2)
= P(-1 < z < -0.5)
= 0.1499
c) P(X > 12.1)
= P(z > (12.1 - 11.8)/0.2)
= P(z > 1.5)
= 0.0668
Since the propability is grater than 0.05, this doesn't seem to be an usually renf