MATH 1330 TEST III REVIEW and PREP

** I used
http://www.analyzemath.com/statistics/normal_calculator.html
to determine probabilities rather than consult the table in your book, so answers may vary slightly.
1. Assume that women's heights are normally distributed with a mean of 63.6 inches and a
standard deviation of 1.9 inches.
a) If 1 woman is randomly selected, find the probability that her height is greater than 64
inches.
b) If 16 women are selected, find the probability that they will have a mean height greater
than 64 inches.
ANS (a) .4166 (b) .1999
2. The capacity of a lift is 12 people or 2004 pounds. The capacity will be exceeded if those
12 people have a mean weight greater than 167 lbs (2004/12). Suppose the mean weight for
people is 176 lbs with a standard deviation of 29lbs. What is the probability that 12
randomly selected people will have mean weight of more than 167 lbs.?
ANS .8589
3. The amount of time that a certain type of battery functions is a random variable with mean 5
weeks and standard deviation 1.5 weeks. Upon failure, it is immediately replaced by a new
battery. Approximate the probability that 13 or more batteries will be needed in a year.
ANS .0082
4. A study of the ages of motorcyclists killed in crashes involves the random selection of 169
drivers with a mean of 34.85 years. Assuming that the standard deviation of their ages is 11
years, construct and interpret a 99% confidence interval of the mean age of all motorcyclists
killed in crashes.
ANS 34.85 +/- 2.18
5. An airline wants to know the average time it takes their passengers to claim their luggage.
Prior knowledge indicates that the time to claim luggage for this airline is normally
distributed with mean μ = 5 minutes and standard deviation σ = 5 minutes. The airline plans
to take a simple random sample of their passengers to estimate μ with a 99% confidence
interval. How many passengers must the airline sample to get a margin of error of 2.5
minutes?
ANS 27
6. An IQ test is designed so that hte mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 13 for the
population of normal adults. Find the sample size necessary to estimate the mean IQ score
of statistics students within 2 points with 95% confidence.
ANS 163
7. According to a survey in a country, 22% of adults do not have any credit cards. Suppose a
simple random sample of 300 adults is obtained.
a) In a random sample of 300 adults, what is the probability that less than 21% of them do
not have credit cards?
b) Would it be unusual if a random sample of 300 adults results in 75 or more having no
credit cards?
ANS (a) .3384 (b) .1056 (no)
8. In a recent Gallop poll, it was found that 20.3% of the population is "underemployed."
Suppose a random sample of 200 adults is obtained.
a) What is the probabilty that more than 25% of of this sample would be "underemployed?"
b) Would it be unusual if