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Normal Distribution Worksheet 12-7

This document contains a worksheet with 15 problems involving the normal distribution. The problems ask the reader to determine things like the percentage of data that falls within a certain interval based on the mean and standard deviation, the mean and standard deviation given certain percentages, and explanations of properties of the normal distribution. Several of the problems provide contexts like rainfall amounts, ball bearing diameters, and burger masses to illustrate applications of the normal distribution.

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Normal Distribution Worksheet 12-7

This document contains a worksheet with 15 problems involving the normal distribution. The problems ask the reader to determine things like the percentage of data that falls within a certain interval based on the mean and standard deviation, the mean and standard deviation given certain percentages, and explanations of properties of the normal distribution. Several of the problems provide contexts like rainfall amounts, ball bearing diameters, and burger masses to illustrate applications of the normal distribution.

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MDM4U Normal Distribution Worksheet  

 
 
1) If X~N(15, 2​2​), then which interval will 68% of the data fall between? [13-17] 
 
2) Annual rainfall in a coastal town is normally distributed with a mean of 60 cm and a st. dev. of 7 cm. For 
what percent of years will the rainfall be between 53 and 60 cm? [34%] 
 
3) The masses of 500 boxes of sugar from a factory are normally distributed with a mean of 150g and a 
[Link]. of3g. How many of these boxes would you expect to have a mass greater than 150g? [250] 
 
4) Diameters of ball bearings have a mean of 24.5 mm and a [Link]. of 0.15 mm. In what interval will the 
diameters of acceptable ball bearings fall if the manufacturer rejects the smallest 2.5% and the largest 
0.15%? (Assume a normal distribution) [24.20 to 24.95] 
 
5) Usain Bolt’s 100m race times are distributed such that X~N(9.8, 0.2​2​). In what percent of his sprints will 
his time be less than 10.0 seconds? [84%] 
 
6) An internet site has an average of 2500 hits per day, and its daily hits is approximately normally 
distributed with a st. dev. of 220 hits. For how many of the next 50 days would you expect the site to 
receive fewer than 2280 hits? [8] 
 
7) A machine fills bottles with cola. The mean fill is 341 mL with a standard deviation of 2 mL. The 
manufacturer only decides to accept the 99.7% of bottles whose fill is closest to the mean. What interval 
does this represent? [335-347 mL (3 standard deviations)] 
 
8) The number of candies in a bag is normally distributed with a mean of 200 and a st. dev. of 3. In what 
percentile is a bag with 205 candies? [95th] 
 
9) The masses of bolts made in a plant are normally distributed. Bolts will be rejected if they are more than 
2.15 standard deviations above the mean or 2.10 standard deviations below the mean. What percent of 
bolts are rejected? [3.37%] 
 
10) The diameters of inflated balloons in mm, are normally distributed with a mean of 200 and a st. dev. of 12. 
Balloons will burst if their diameter exceeds 230. What percent of balloons will burst? [0.62%] 
 
11) The volumes of apple juice (in mL) in cartons is distributed such that X~N(μ, 120​2​). Determine the mean, to 
the nearest whole number, if 34% of these cartons contain less than 961 mL of juice. [1010 mL] 
 
12) What percent of baseball games last between 2.5 and 3.5 hours if the game lengths follow a normal 
distribution with a mean of 2.7 hours and a standard deviation of 0.5 hours? [60.06%] 
 
13) Mr. Toms was using a z-score table and noticed that P(Z < -1.6) + P(Z < 1.6) = 1. He saw that this pattern 
was true for other z-scores as well. Explain why this pattern occurs. 
 
14) Find the mean and standard deviation for normally distributed data, if 1.1% of the data are less than 7.84 
and 50.8% of the data are less than 17.08. [19, 4] 
 
15) The masses of Burger King’s new half-pounder burgers are normally distributed. Of these burgers, 33% 
have masses greater than 253.32 g and 40.9% of them have masses less than 248.16 g. Find the mean and 
standard deviation of the half-pounder burger masses. [250g, 8g] 

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With X~N(9.8, 0.2²), 68% of the data in a normal distribution lies within one standard deviation of the mean. The interval is mean ± 1(σ). Therefore, the interval is 9.8 ± 0.2, which is 9.6 to 10.0 seconds .

Calculate z-scores for 2.5 and 3.5: For 2.5, z = (2.5 - 2.7) / 0.5 ≈ -0.4. For 3.5, z = (3.5 - 2.7) / 0.5 ≈ 1.6. Using a standard normal table, find P(-0.4 < Z < 1.6), which is P(Z < 1.6) - P(Z < -0.4). These are approximately 0.9452 - 0.3446 = 0.6006, so 60.06% of games last between 2.5 and 3.5 hours .

Calculate the z-scores for the interval endpoints: For 53 cm: z = (53 - 60) / 7 ≈ -1. For 60 cm: z = (60 - 60) / 7 = 0. Using a standard normal distribution table, the area from -1 to 0 is approximately 34%, so the probability that rainfall is between 53 cm and 60 cm is 34% .

The interval from 335 mL to 347 mL covers 99.7% of data points, meaning it is 6σ wide, spanning 3σ on either side of the mean, 341 mL. This implies σ=2 mL because 341 ± 3(2) = 335 to 347 mL, aligning with the empirical rule for 99.7% coverage .

The z-score for a diameter of 230 mm is calculated by (230 - 200) / 12 ≈ 2.5. The area in the tail beyond a z-score of 2.5 represents the probability of bursting. Using a standard normal table or calculator, P(Z > 2.5) ≈ 0.0062 or 0.62%. This low percentage indicates balloons must exceed this critical threshold of deviation from the mean to burst .

If 34% of the data is less than 961 mL, it implies that this point is at the 34th percentile of the distribution. By using the standard normal distribution table or calculator, we find the z-score corresponding to 34%, which is approximately -0.412. Given the standard deviation, σ = 120, use the z-score formula z = (X - μ) / σ to find μ: -0.412 = (961 - μ) / 120. Solving for μ gives μ ≈ 1010 mL .

This pattern occurs due to the symmetry of the normal distribution around its mean. The normal distribution is symmetric, so the area to the left of a negative z-score is equal to the area to the right of a positive z-score of the same magnitude. P(Z < -1.6) represents the area in the left tail, while 1 - P(Z < 1.6) represents the area in the right tail beyond 1.6. When these two areas are summed, they cover the entire distribution, which equates to 1 .

With 1.1% below 7.84, the z-score is approximately -2.33. With 50.8% below 17.08, the z-score is approximately 0.02. Use the z-score formula z = (X - μ) / σ for each point: -2.33 = (7.84 - μ) / σ and 0.02 = (17.08 - μ) / σ. Solving these equations simultaneously yields μ = 19 and σ = 4 .

First, calculate the z-scores for 1.2 and 2.6: For 1.2, z = (1.2 - 1.9) / 0.35 ≈ -2. For 2.6, z = (2.6 - 1.9) / 0.35 ≈ 2. Using a standard normal distribution table, the probabilities are P(Z < -2) ≈ 0.0228 and P(Z < 2) ≈ 0.9772. Therefore, the percentage of cones containing between 1.2 and 2.6 scoops is 0.9772 - 0.0228 = 0.9544, or 95.44%.

To find this interval, first determine the z-values that correspond to the 5th and 95th percentiles. For a standard normal distribution, the z-value for the 5th percentile is -1.645 and for the 95th percentile is 1.645. Using the formula for the z-score: z = (X - μ) / σ, where μ = 150g and σ = 3g, we can calculate the interval. For the lower bound: 150 + (-1.645 * 3) ≈ 145.065g. For the upper bound: 150 + (1.645 * 3) ≈ 154.935g. Therefore, the acceptable interval is approximately 145.07g to 154.93g.

MDM4U Normal Distribution Worksheet       1) If X~N(15, 2​2​), then which interval will 68% of the data fall between? [13-17]

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