Question

The number of calories in a one ounce serving of a certain chicken sandwich is a random variable with mean 110 calories. The number of calories in a full cup of lemonade is a random variable with mean 140 calories. For lunch, you eat one ounce of the chicken sandwich and LaTeX: \frac{1}{2}1 2 cup of lemonade. Let K be the random variable that represents the total number of calories in this lunch. The mean of K is

Answer 1

The mean of K is 180 calories.

Explanation:

Mean of a sum of normal distribution:

The mean of a sum of normal distributions is the sums of the mean.

In this question:

Lunch:

One ounce of chicken sandwich, with mean 110 calories.

Half a cup of lemonade, with mean 140/2 = 70 calories.

Let K be the random variable that represents the total number of calories in this lunch. The mean of K is

110 + 70 = 180 calories

The mean of K is 180 calories.