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Pz ( 0.90) 1 0.8159 0.1841 18.41%<br />

c) Why is the probability for part a greater than that for part b?<br />

Because the individual values are more variable than means.<br />

17. Water Use The Old Farmer’s Almanac reports that the average person uses 123 gallons of water<br />

daily. If the standard deviation is 21 gallons, find the probability that the mean of a randomly selected<br />

sample of 15 people will be between 120 and 126 gallons. Assume the variable is normally distributed.<br />

µ=123, n=15, σ= 21, normally distributed<br />

P(120< x

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