The distribution of pH measurements at a particular site is strongly skewed with mean 6.4 and standard deviation 0.1. (a) What is the probability that an individual measurement yields a pH less than 6.35? (b) What is the probability that the mean of 40 measurements is less than 6.35?
The distribution of pH measurements at a particular site is strongly skewed with mean 6.4 and standard deviation 0.1. (a) What is the probability that an individual measurement yields a pH less than 6.35? (b) What is the probability that the mean of 40 measurements is less than 6.35?
Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Author:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.
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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
Problem 8E
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The distribution of pH measurements at a particular site is strongly skewed with mean 6.4 and standard deviation 0.1.
(a) What is the probability that an individual measurement yields a pH less than 6.35?
(b) What is the probability that the mean of 40 measurements is less than 6.35?
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