Total fat content (including saturated fat and trans fats) is a key characteristic of cheese. Assume that for a given type of cheese, total fat content (10-1 g/g of cheese) follows a normal distribution with a population mean of 2.85 (unit) and a population variance of 0.01 (unit2). Such an assumption is reasonable because fat content varies inside cheese and the “errors” around the mean total fat content (i.e. the value appearing on the etiquette) are distributed like a bell shape. a) What is the probability that the total fat content of this cheese exceeds 3 (unit)? b) What is the probability that the total fat content varies from 2.8 to 3 (unit)?

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Total fat content (including saturated fat and trans fats) is a key characteristic of cheese. Assume that for a given type of cheese, total fat content (10-1 g/g of cheese) follows a normal distribution with a population mean of 2.85 (unit) and a population variance of 0.01 (unit2). Such an assumption is reasonable because fat content varies inside cheese and the “errors” around the mean total fat content (i.e. the value appearing on the etiquette) are distributed like a bell shape.

a) What is the probability that the total fat content of this cheese exceeds 3 (unit)?

b) What is the probability that the total fat content varies from 2.8 to 3 (unit)?

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