The weight of an energy bar is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 42.9042.90 grams with a standard deviation of 0.0350.035 gram. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (e) below.       Question content area bottom Part 1 a. What is the probability that an individual energy bar weighs less than 42.87542.875 ​grams?   enter your response here ​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.) Part 2 b. If a sample of 44 energy bars is​ selected, what is the probability that the sample mean weight is less than 42.87542.875 ​grams?   enter your response here ​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.) Part 3 c. If a sample of 2525 energy bars is​ selected, what is the probability that the sample mean weight is less than 42.87542.875 ​grams?   enter your response here ​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.) Part 4 d. Explain the difference in the results of​ (a) and​ (c).   Part​ (a) refers to an individual​ bar, which can be thought of as a sample with sample size enter your response here. ​Therefore, the standard error of the mean for an individual bar is enter your response here times the standard error of the sample in​ (c) with sample size 25. This leads to a probability in part​ (a) that is ▼   larger than the same as smaller than the probability in part​ (c). ​(Type integers or decimals. Do not​ round.) Part 5 e. Explain the difference in the results of​ (b) and​ (c).   The sample size in​ (c) is greater than the sample size in​ (b), so the standard error of the mean​ (or the standard deviation of the sampling​ distribution) in​ (c) is ▼   less greater than in​ (b). As the standard error ▼   decreases, increases, values become more concentrated around the mean.​ Therefore, the probability that the sample mean will fall close to the population mean will always ▼   increase decrease when the sample size increases.

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The weight of an energy bar is approximately normally distributed with a mean of
42.9042.90
grams with a standard deviation of
0.0350.035
gram. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (e) below.
 
 
 

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Part 1
a. What is the probability that an individual energy bar weighs less than
42.87542.875
​grams?
 
enter your response here
​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)
Part 2
b. If a sample of
44
energy bars is​ selected, what is the probability that the sample mean weight is less than
42.87542.875
​grams?
 
enter your response here
​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)
Part 3
c. If a sample of
2525
energy bars is​ selected, what is the probability that the sample mean weight is less than
42.87542.875
​grams?
 
enter your response here
​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)
Part 4
d. Explain the difference in the results of​ (a) and​ (c).
 
Part​ (a) refers to an individual​ bar, which can be thought of as a sample with sample size
enter your response here.
​Therefore, the standard error of the mean for an individual bar is
enter your response here
times the standard error of the sample in​ (c) with sample size 25. This leads to a probability in part​ (a) that is
 
larger than
the same as
smaller than
the probability in part​ (c).
​(Type integers or decimals. Do not​ round.)
Part 5
e. Explain the difference in the results of​ (b) and​ (c).
 
The sample size in​ (c) is greater than the sample size in​ (b), so the standard error of the mean​ (or the standard deviation of the sampling​ distribution) in​ (c) is
 
less
greater
than in​ (b). As the standard error
 
decreases,
increases,
values become more concentrated around the mean.​ Therefore, the probability that the sample mean will fall close to the population mean will always
 
increase
decrease
when the sample size increases.
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