Weekly wages at a certain factory are normally distributed with a mean of $400 and a standard deviation of $50. Find the probability that a worker selected at random makes between $400 and $450

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Kandelvijaya asked Sep 3, 2022

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Weekly wages at a certain factory are normally distributed with a mean of $400 and a standard deviation of $50. Find the probability that a worker selected at random makes between $400 and $450

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Since 400 is the mean and the standard deviation is 50, $400-$450 is +1 standard deviation. One standard deviation is 34.1% probability that the worker's wages would fall in this range.

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