In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose that the weights of airline passenger bags are normally
distributed with a mean of 49.53 pounds and a standard deviation of
3.16 pounds.
a) What is the probability that the weight of a bag will be greater
than the maximum allowable weight of 50 pounds? Give your answer to
four decimal places.
b) Let X represent the weight of a randomly selected bag. For what
value of c is P(E(X) - c < X < E(X) + c)=0.96? Give your
answer to four decimal places.
c) Assume the weights of individual bags are independent. What is
the expected number of bags out of a sample of 17 that weigh
greater than 50 lbs? Give your answer to four decimal
places.
d) Assuming the weights of individual bags are independent, what is
the probability that 8 or fewer bags weigh greater than 50 pounds
in a sample of size 17? Give your answer to four decimal
places.