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Male players at the high school, college and professional ranks use a regulation basketball that weighs 22.0 ounces with a standard deviation of 1.0 ounce. Assume that the weights of basketballs are approximately normally distributed.

Roughly what percentage of regulation basketballs weigh less than 20.7 ounces? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

▸ 40.3% of the basketballs will weigh less than 20.7 ounces.

▸ 5.7% of the basketballs will weigh less than 20.7 ounces.

▸ 22.3% of the basketballs will weigh less than 20.7 ounces.

▸ 9.7% of the basketballs will weigh less than 20.7 ounces.
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Introductory Statistics: Exploring the World Through Data

Introductory Statistics: Exploring the World Through Data


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Use the following information for the question. Male players at the high school, college and professional ranks use a regulation basketball that weighs 22.0 ounces with a standard deviation of 1.0 ounce. Assume that the weights of basketballs are approximately normally distributed.

Roughly what percentage of regulation basketballs weigh less than 20.7 ounces? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answered- 9.7% of the basketballs will weigh less than 20.7 ounces

If a regulation basketball is randomly selected, what is the probability that it will weigh between 20.5 and 23.5 ounces? Round to the nearest thousandth.

____??___

A) 0.134 B) 0.267 C) 0.866 D) 0.704
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(A)

mean = 22
Std Dev (s) =1
To find : P( x < 20.7 )
z = ( x - u )/s = ( 20.7 - 22 )/1 = -1.3

P( x < 20.7) = P( Z < -1.3)
= 0.0968 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (From Z-table)
= 9.68%
(B)

mean = 22
std dev = 1
Find : P( 20.5 < X < 23.5 )
We convert to standard normal form, by z = (x - u )/s
so z1 = (20.5 - 22 )/1 = -1.5
& z2 = (23.5 - 22 )/1 = 1.5

P( 20.5 < X < 23.5) = P(z1 < Z < z2) = P( Z < 1.5) - P(Z < -1.5)
= 0.93319 - 0.06681
= 0.86638 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (From Z-table)
ANSWER: C) 0.866

Use the following information for the question. Male players at the high school, college and professional ranks use a regulation basketball that weighs 22.0 ounces with a standard deviation of 1.0 ounce. Assume that the weights of basketballs are approximately normally distributed.

Roughly what percentage of regulation basketballs weigh less than 20.7 ounces? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answered- 9.7% of the basketballs will weigh less than 20.7 ounces

If a regulation basketball is randomly selected, what is the probability that it will weigh between 20.5 and 23.5 ounces? Round to the nearest thousandth.

____??___

A) 0.134 B) 0.267 C) 0.866 D) 0.704
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