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The Decadent Desserts cookbook has recipes for desserts. The number of calories per serving for the recipes in the cookbook is normally distributed with a mean of 378 and a standard deviation of 34.5. If 18 recipes are randomly selected to serve at a reception, what is the probability that the average calories per serving for the sample is over 385?
Solution :
Given that ,
mean = = 378
standard deviation = = 34.5
n = 18
= 378 and
= / n = 34.5 / 18 = 8.1317
P( > 385) = 1 - P( < 385)
= 1 - P(( - ) / < (385 - 378) / 8.1317)
= 1 - P(z < 0.86)
= 1 - 0.8051
= 0.1949
P( > 385) = 0.1949
Probability = 0.1949