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The weights of adult male beagles are normally distributed, with a mean of 25 pounds and a standard deviation of 3 pounds. A beagle is randomly selected. Find the probability that the beagle’s weight is more than 29 pounds.

• 0.3694
• 0.3781
• 0.0912

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The shelf life of a particular dairy product is normally distributed with a mean of 12 days and a standard deviation of 3 days.

About what percent of the products last between 12 and 15 days?

• 68%
• 34%
• 16%
• 2.5%

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These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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The mean number of accidents a week at a company is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 1.5.  What proportion of weeks would you expect to have more than 7 accidents?

• 0.3446
• 0.2856
• 0.4
• 0.6554

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Between what two standard deviations of a normal distribution contain 68% of the data?

• one below and one above
• two below and two above
• two below and zero
• zero and two above

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The average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation of 1.4 inch. 
If waist sizes are normally distributed, estimate the proportion of teenagers who will have waist sizes greater than 31 inches?

• 92.4%
• 10.5%
• 16%
• 7.6%

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In an Oreo factory, the mean mass of a cookie is given as 40 g. For quality control, the standard deviation is 2 g. If 10 000 cookies were produced, how many cookies are within 2 g of the mean?

• 6800

• 9500

• 3200

• 9750

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The speeds of cars on the highway have a mean of 95 km/h with a standard deviation of 5 km/h. What percentage of cars averaged less than 85 km/h?

• .15%

• 2.35%

• 2.5%

• 18.5%

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The mean life of a tire is 30 000 km. The standard deviation is 2000 km. 68% of all tires will have a life between ______km and ______km.

• 26000 and 34000

• 28000 and 32000

• 24000 and 34000

• 22000 and 36000

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