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Dr. Sabbaghi is taking two flights today. The flight time for the first flight is Normally distributed with a mean of 90 minutes and a standard deviation of 3 minutes. The flight time for the second flight is Normally distributed with a mean of 110 minutes and a standard deviation of 4 minutes. His total flight time today has what type of distribution with what mean and standard deviation?

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Answer:


E(Z) = E(X+Y) = E(X) +E(Y) = \mu_X +\mu_Y = 90+110=200


Var(Z) = Var(X+Y) = Var(X) +Var(Y) +2 Cov(X,Y)

Since X and Y are independent then
Cov(X,Y) =0 and we have this:


Var(Z)= \sigma^2_X +\sigma^2_Y = 3^2 +4^2 = 9+16 =25

And the deviation would be given by:


Sd(Z) = √(25)= 5

And then the distribution for the total time would be given by:


Z= X+Y \sim N( \mu_Z= 200, \sigma_Z= 5)

Explanation:

For this case we can assume that X represent the flight time for the first filght and we know that:


X \sim N (\mu_X= 90. \sigma_x =3)

And let Y the random variable that represent the time for the second filght and we know this:


Y \sim N(\mu_Y = 110, \sigma_Y =4)

And we can define the random variable Z= X+Y as the total time for the two flights.

We can asume that X and Y are independent so then we have this:


E(Z) = E(X+Y) = E(X) +E(Y) = \mu_X +\mu_Y = 90+110=200


Var(Z) = Var(X+Y) = Var(X) +Var(Y) +2 Cov(X,Y)

Since X and Y are independent then
Cov(X,Y) =0 and we have this:


Var(Z)= \sigma^2_X + \sigma^2_Y = 3^2 +4^2 = 9+16 =25

And the deviation would be given by:


Sd(Z) = √(25)= 5

And then the distribution for the total time would be given by:


Z= X+Y \sim N( \mu_Z= 200, \sigma_Z= 5)

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