Terri Vogel, an amateur motorcycle racer, averages 129.71 seconds per 2.5 mile lap (in a 7 lap race) with a standard deviation of 2.28 seconds . The distribution of her race times is normally distributed. We are interested in one of her randomly selected laps. (Source: log book of Terri Vogel) Let X be the number of seconds for a randomly selected lap. Round all answers to two decimal places.

(a) The percent of her laps that are completed in less than 130 seconds is 55%.

(b) The fastest 3% of her laps are under 125.42 seconds.

(c) The middle 80% of her laps are from 126.80 seconds to 132.63 seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

The random variable X is defined as the number of seconds for a randomly selected lap.

The random variable X is normally distributed with mean, μ = 129.71 seconds and standard deviation, σ = 2.28 seconds.

Thus, .

(a)

Compute the probability that a lap is completes in less than 130 seconds as follows:

The percentage is, 0.55 × 100 = 55%.

Thus, the percent of her laps that are completed in less than 130 seconds is 55%.

(b)

Let x represents the 3rd percentile.

That is, P (X < x) = 0.03.

⇒ P (Z < z) = 0.03

The value of z for the above probability is:

z = -1.88

Compute the value of x as follows:

Thus, the fastest 3% of her laps are under 125.42 seconds.

(c)

Let x₁ and x₂ be the values between which the middle 80% of the distribution lie.

That is,

The value of z for the above probability is:

z = 1.28

Compute the values of x₁ and x₂ as follows:

Thus, the middle 80% of her laps are from 126.80 seconds to 132.63 seconds.

-3

step-by-step explanation:

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so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3

the slope of the line is 60

one point on the line is (40,10)

step-by-step explanation:

in the equation outside the parenthesis the equation always tells you the slope. in this case it is 60.

in the parenthesis is also says 40 which is x because it is near the x and 10 is y because it is near y.