In: Statistics and Probability
The amounts of nicotine in a certain brand of cigarette are
normally distributed with a mean of 0.946 g and a standard
deviation of 0.326 g. The company that produces these cigarettes
claims that it has now reduced the amount of nicotine.
In what range would you expect to find the middle 98% of amounts of
nicotine in these cigarettes (assuming the mean has not
changed)?
Between and .
If you were to draw samples of size 46 from this population, in
what range would you expect to find the middle 98% of most average
amounts of nicotine in the cigarettes in the sample?
Between and .
Enter your answers as numbers. Your answers should be accurate to 4
decimal places.