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A manufacturer knows that their items have a normally distributed length, with a mean of 15.4 inches, and standard deviation of 3.5 inches. If 16 items are chosen at random, what is the probability that their mean length is less than 16.8 inches

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Answer from: desiwill01

0.9452 = 94.52% probability that their mean length is less than 16.8 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this question, we need to understand the normal probability distribution and the central limit theorem.

Normal Probability Distribution:

Problems of normal distributions can be solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the z-score of a measure X is given by:

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the p-value, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem establishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $s = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$ .

For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.

Mean of 15.4 inches, and standard deviation of 3.5 inches.

This means that $\mu = 15.4, \sigma = 3.5$

16 items are chosen at random

This means that $n = 16, s = \frac{3.5}{\sqrt{16}} = 0.875$

What is the probability that their mean length is less than 16.8 inches?

This is the p-value of Z when X = 16.8. So

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

By the Central Limit Theorem

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{s}$

$Z = \frac{16.8 - 15.4}{0.875}$

Z = 1.6

Z = 1.6 has a p-value of 0.9452.

0.9452 = 94.52% probability that their mean length is less than 16.8 inches.

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