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Exercises 49 through 52 refer to the following: Packaged foods sold at supermarkets are not always the weight indicated on the package. Variability always crops up in the manufacturing and packaging process. Suppose that the exact weight of a “12-ounce” bag of potato chips is a random variable that has an approximately
If a “12-ounce” bag of potato chips is chosen at random, what are the chances that
a. it weighs somewhere between 11.5 and 12.5 ounces?
b. it weighs somewhere between 12 and 12.5 ounces?
c. it weighs more than 12.5 ounces?
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Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
- Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw Hill