According to a study, the mean sleeping time of working adults is 6.8 hours a day with a standard deviation of 1.2 hours. Given that the distribution is normal, what is the probability that a randomly selected working adult sleeps more than 8 hours a day? Notes: 1. Write your answer with four decimal places (i.e 0.2621). 2. Do not express your answer in percentage.

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According to a study, the mean sleeping time of working adults is 6.8 hours a day with a
standard deviation of 1.2 hours. Given that the distribution is normal, what is the probability
that a randomly selected working adult sleeps more than 8 hours a day?
Notes:
1. Write your answer with four decimal places (i.e 0.2621).
2. Do not express your answer in percentage.
Transcribed Image Text:According to a study, the mean sleeping time of working adults is 6.8 hours a day with a standard deviation of 1.2 hours. Given that the distribution is normal, what is the probability that a randomly selected working adult sleeps more than 8 hours a day? Notes: 1. Write your answer with four decimal places (i.e 0.2621). 2. Do not express your answer in percentage.
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