Exercise 4.2. The weights of bags of red gravel may be modeled by a normal distribution with a mean of 25.8 kg and standard deviation of 0.5 kg. a. Determine the probability that a randomly selected bag of red gravel will weigh between 25.5 kg to 26.5 kg. b. Determine the weight that has exceeded 75% of the bags.

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Exercise 4.2. The weights of bags of red gravel may be modeled by a normal distribution with a
mean of 25.8 kg and standard deviation of 0.5 kg.
a. Determine the probability that a randomly selected bag of red gravel will weigh between 25.5
kg to 26.5 kg.
b. Determine the weight that has exceeded 75% of the bags.
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 4.2. The weights of bags of red gravel may be modeled by a normal distribution with a mean of 25.8 kg and standard deviation of 0.5 kg. a. Determine the probability that a randomly selected bag of red gravel will weigh between 25.5 kg to 26.5 kg. b. Determine the weight that has exceeded 75% of the bags.
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