Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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Author: William Navidi Prof.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4.5, Problem 11E
Penicillin is produced by the Penicillium fungus, which is grown in a broth whose sugar content must be carefully controlled. The optimum sugar concentration is 4.9 mg/mL. If the concentration exceeds 6.0 mg/mL, the fungus dies and the process must be shut down for the day.
- a. If sugar concentration in batches of broth is
normally distributed withmean 4.9 mg/mL and standard deviation 0.6 mg/mL, on what proportion of days will the process shut down? - b. The supplier offers to sell broth with a sugar content that is normally distributed with mean 5.2 mg/mL and standard deviation 0.4 mg/mL. Will this broth result in fewer days of production lost? Explain.
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Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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