Normal Probabilities

A town's average snowfall is 48 inches per year with a standard deviation of 6 inches. Using a Normal model, what percent of snowfall amounts will be between 40 and 50?

• 0.5393

• 0.4607

• 0.3719

• 0.7234

The mean GPA of students in a course at UCDavis is 3.2 with a standard deviation of 0.3. What percent of students in the course have a GPA between  2.9 and 3.8? 

• 81.5%

• 47.5%

• 68%

• 95%

The lengths of human pregnancies can be described by a Normal model with a mean of 268 days and a standard deviation of 15 days. What percentage of pregnancies will last at least 300 days?

• 0.0164

• 0.9836

• 0.1234

• 0.5619

Answer explanation

In Standford, CA, cars were traveling at a mean speed of 23.84 mph, with a standard deviation of 3.56 mph. One car's z-score was +3.2. How fast was that car going?

• 72.728 mph

• 12.448 mph

• 35.232 mph

• 32.563 mph

Answer explanation

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 less than 5 accidents?

• 0.6915

• 0.1762

• 0.8238

• -0.93

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%

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

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%

According to the empirical rule, what percentage of data falls within 1 standard deviation? 

• 25%

• 68%

• 95%

• 99.7%

According to the empirical rule, how much of the data falls within 3 standard deviations? 

• 25%

• 68%

• 95%

• 99.7%