A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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According to a report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the mean length of six-year-old rainbow trout in the Arolik River in Alaska is 484 millimeters with a standard deviation of 44 millimeters. Assume these lengths are normally distributed. Round the answers to at least two decimal places. (a) Find the 31% percentile of the lengths. (b) Find the 70% percentile of the lengths. (c) Find the first quartile of the lengths. (d) A size limit is to be put on trout that are caught. What should the size limit be so that 15% of six-year-old trout have lengths shorter than the limit?

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