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A city’s annual rainfall totals are normally distributed, and the probability that the city gets more than 43.2 inches of rain in a year is given by P(z≥1.5)=0.0668. If the standard deviation of the city’s yearly rainfall totals is 1.8 inches, what is the city’s mean annual rainfall?

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40.5 is the city's mean annual rainfall.
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Answer: 40.5 inches


Explanation:

Given: A city’s annual rainfall totals are normally distributed.

The probability that the city gets more than 43.2 inches of rain in a year is given by P(z≥1.5)=0.0668

Thus, X=43.2 inches

z=1.5

Standard deviation
\sigma=1.8 inches

We know that
z=(X-\mu)/(\sigma)


\Rightarrow\mu=X-z\sigma\\\Rightarrow\mu=43.2-1.5*1.8\\\Rightarrow\mu=43.2-2.7\\\Rightarrow\mu=40.5\ inches

Hence, the city’s mean annual rainfall is 40.5 inches.


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