In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose the mean income of firms in the industry for a year is 25 million dollars with a standard deviation of 9 million dollars. If incomes for the industry are distributed normally, what is the probability that a randomly selected firm will earn less than 34 million dollars? Round your answer to four decimal places.
Solution:
Given: x = income of firms in the industry for a year is normally distributed with mean of 25 million dollars and a standard deviation of 9 million dollars.
Find:
P( X < 34 million dollars) =...............?
P( X< 34) = ..........?
Find z score for x = 34
Thus we get:
P( X< 34) = P( Z< 1.00)
Look in z table for z = 1.0 and 0.00 and find corresponding area.
P(Z < 1.00) = 0.8413
Thus
P( X< 34) = P( Z< 1.00)
P( X< 34) = 0.8413