In: Statistics and Probability
Members of the Beta Upsilon Tau fraternity each drink a random
number of beers with mean 6 and standard deviation 3.
If there are 81 fraternity members, how much should they buy so
that using the normal approximation they are 93.32% sure they will
not run out?
µ = 6
σ = 3
n= 81
proportion= 0.9332
Z value at 0.9332 =
1.500 (excel formula =NORMSINV(
0.93 ) )
z=(x-µ)/(σ/√n)
so, X=z * σ/√n +µ= 1.500
* 3 / √ 81
+ 6 = 6.50