In: Statistics and Probability
The average number of words in a romance novel is 64,393 and the
standard deviation is 17,382. Assume the distribution is normal.
Let X be the number of words in a randomly selected romance novel.
Round all answers to 4 decimal places where possible.
a. What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(_,_)
b. Find the proportion of all novels that are between 52,226 and
62,655 words.
c. The 70th percentile for novels is words. (Round to
the nearest word)
d. The middle 40% of romance novels have from words
to words. (Round to the nearest word)