MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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ISBN: 9781119256830
Author: Amos Gilat
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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**Annual Ice Cream Consumption in the United States**

The annual per capita consumption of ice cream (in pounds) in the United States can be approximated by a normal distribution with a mean of 20.7 pounds and a standard deviation of 4.2 pounds.

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What proportion of randomly selected people living in the U.S. consume between 15 pounds and 30 pounds of ice cream on average yearly? (Note: This is just another way to ask: Find the probability that a randomly selected person living in the U.S. consumes between 15 pounds and 30 pounds of ice cream on average yearly.)

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Transcribed Image Text:**Annual Ice Cream Consumption in the United States** The annual per capita consumption of ice cream (in pounds) in the United States can be approximated by a normal distribution with a mean of 20.7 pounds and a standard deviation of 4.2 pounds. **Problem Statement:** What proportion of randomly selected people living in the U.S. consume between 15 pounds and 30 pounds of ice cream on average yearly? (Note: This is just another way to ask: Find the probability that a randomly selected person living in the U.S. consumes between 15 pounds and 30 pounds of ice cream on average yearly.) **Instruction:** Answer in a complete sentence in context.
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