Question 1

A car painting company has determined that the painting time of cars is uniformly distributed between 25 and 105 minutes. What is the probability that it will take between 40 and 65 minutes for that company to paint a car ?

Group of answer choices

80.75 %

42.50 %

25.00 %

31.25 %

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The waiting times at a certain bus station are uniformly distributed between 7 and 15 minutes. What is the probability of waiting between 9 and 11 minutes ?

Group of answer choices

0.250

8

0.500

0.125

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The cooking time for a dish is uniformly distributed between 10 and 20 minutes. What is the probability that the cooking will take between 14 and 16 minutes ?

Group of answer choices

0.2000

0.1416

0.0750

0.3146

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A car painting company has determined that the painting time of cars is uniformly distributed between 30 and 105 minutes. What is the probability that this company will take less than 1 hour to paint a car ?

Group of answer choices

35 %

40 %

75 %

20 %

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The baking time for a cake is uniformly distributed between 10 and 18 minutes. What is the probability that the baking process takes more than 14 minutes ?

Group of answer choices

8

0.500

0.250

0.125

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The driving time for an individual from his home to his office is uniformly distributed between 20 minutes and 1 hour. Compute the probability that this individual takes more than half an hour to drive from home to office.

Group of answer choices

20 %

30 %

55 %

75 %

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The baking time for a cake is uniformly distributed between 10 and 18 minutes. What is the probability that the baking process takes more than 14 minutes ?

Group of answer choices

0.500

0.250

0.125

8

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The following graph represents a ____________ distribution.

Group of answer choices

normal

binomial

uniform

Poisson

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The area under the graph of a ____________ is equal to ____________.

Group of answer choices

histogram ———— the median

uniform distribution ———— 1

normal distribution ———— 0

scatter plot ———— 50 %

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The graph of a ____________ distribution has the shape of a rectangle. The graph of a ____________ distribution has the shape of a bell.

Group of answer choices

Poisson ———— uniform

normal ———— binomial

uniform ———— normal

binomial ———— uniform

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A) The following graph represents a ____________ probability distribution.

B) The following graph represents a ____________ probability distribution.

Group of answer choices

A) binomial

B) uniform

A) normal

B) uniform

A) uniform

B) normal

A) discrete

B) Poisson

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The ACT scores of students are normally distributed with a mean of 18 and a standard deviation of 6. What percentage of students score between 10 and 15 ?

Group of answer choices

9.12 %

30.85 %

78.27 %

21.73 %

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The grades of students in an exam are normally distributed with a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 5. What percentage of grades are between 72 and 90 ?

Group of answer choices

13.24 %

27.56 %

72.44 %

90.72 %

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A tea bag packing machine manufactures bags of tea whose weights are normally distributed with a mean of 250 g and a standard deviation of 2.5 g. What percentage of tea bags weight less than 245 g ?

Group of answer choices

45.01 %

2.28 %

39.26 %

97.72 %

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The fuel efficiency of a particular model of car is normally distributed with a mean of 28 miles/gallon and a standard deviation of 2 miles/gallon. What percentage of cars of that model have a fuel efficiency below 25 miles/gallon ?

Group of answer choices

93.32 %

15.87 %

6.68 %

24.17 %

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Assume that the heights of women are normally distributed with a mean of 65 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. If a woman is randomly selected , what is the probability that she is taller than 70 inches ?

Group of answer choices

0.9522

0.0478

0.9044

0.0956

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The grades of students on a test are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 8. What percentage of students scored more than 75 in the test ?

Group of answer choices

74.02 %

23.4 %

73.4 %

26.6 %

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The Normal Probability Distribution is an example of a ____________ probability distribution.

Group of answer choices

discrete

continuous

Poisson

uniform

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The salaries of teachers in a particular school district are normally distributed with a mean of $ 50,000 and a standard deviation of $ 2,500. Due to budget limitations, teachers in the top 2 % of salaries will not get a raise. What is the cutoff salary ( rounded to the nearest dollar ) that separates the teachers that get the raise from those that don’t get the raise ?

Group of answer choices

$ 54,702

$ 55,134

$ 45,298

$ 44,866

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In a cookie factory, the masses of cookies are normally distributed with a mean of 40 g and a standard deviation of 2 g. If the 5 % heaviest cookies are rejected, what is the least weight for a cookie to be rejected ?

Group of answer choices

43.3 g

35.3 g

55.7 g

41.2 g