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Suppose the sediment density (g/cm) of a randomly selected specimen from a certain region is normally distributed with mean 2.61 and standard deviation 0.82. (a) If a random sample of 25 specimens is selected, what is the probability that the sample average sediment density is at most 3.00? Between 2.61 and 3.00

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Answer: The probability that the sample average sediment density is at most 3.00 = 0.9913

The probability that the sample average sediment density is between 2.61 and 3.00 = 0.4913

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Mean :
\mu=2.61

Standard deviation :
\sigma =0.82

Sample size :
n=25

The value of z-score is given by :-


z=(x-\mu)/((\sigma)/(√(n)))

a) For x= 3.00


z=(3.00-2.61)/((0.82)/(√(25)))=2.38

The p-value :
P(z\leq2.38)=0.9913

b) For x= 2.61


z=(2.61-2.61)/((0.82)/(√(25)))=0

The p-value :
P(0<z\leq2.38)=P(2.38)-P(0)=0.9913-0.5=0.4913

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