Answer:
0.9922 = 99.22% probability that the mean monitor life would be greater than 81.2 months in a sample of 146 monitors.
Explanation:
To solve this question, we need to understand the normal probability distribution and the central limit theorem.
Normal Probability Distribution
Problems of normal distributions can be solved using the z-score formula.
In a set with mean
and standard deviation
, the z-score of a measure X is given by:
The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the p-value, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
Central Limit Theorem
The Central Limit Theorem establishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean
and standard deviation
, the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean
and standard deviation
.
For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.
The production manager claims they have a mean life of 83 months with a variance of 81.
This means that
Sample of 146:
This means that
What is the probability that the mean monitor life would be greater than 81.2 months in a sample of 146 monitors?
This is 1 subtracted by the p-value of Z when X = 81.2. So
By the Central Limit Theorem
has a p-value of 0.0078.
1 - 0.0078 = 0.9922.
0.9922 = 99.22% probability that the mean monitor life would be greater than 81.2 months in a sample of 146 monitors.