An air gap exists between fluids in a bottle and the cap of the bottle. At a firm producing olive oil, the gap is critical to the shelf life of their product. If the recent information reveals that the average gap is 9.46 mm with a standard deviation of 0.233, calculate the percentage of product above and below the specification limits of 9.5 +/- 0.5 mm.

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An air gap exists between fluids in a bottle and the cap of the bottle.  At a firm producing olive oil, the gap is critical to the shelf life of their product.  If the recent information reveals that the average gap is 9.46 mm with a standard deviation of 0.233, calculate the percentage of product above and below the specification limits of 9.5 +/- 0.5 mm.

GWARD4 · Answer

The police department of a major city has found that the average height of their 1250 officers is 71 inches with 2.3 inches. How many officers are at least 75 inches tall?

PsyDAG · Answer

Z = (score-mean)/SD Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion/probability for ± Z score. Multiply by 100.

PsyDAG · Answer

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Z = (score-mean)/SD

Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion/probability of the Z score. Multiply by 1250.