The breaking strength of a rivet has a mean value of 10,000 psi and a standard deviation of 501 psi. (a) What is the probability that the sample mean breaking strength for a random sample of 40 rivets is between 9,900 and 10,200

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Answer:

[tex] z=\frac{9900-10000}{\frac{501}{\sqrt{40}}}= -1.262[/tex]

[tex] z=\frac{10200-10000}{\frac{501}{\sqrt{40}}}= 2.525[/tex]

And we can find the probability with this difference and using the normal standard distribution table and we got:

[tex] P(-1.262 < z< 2.525) =P(Z<2.525) -P(Z<-1.262) = 0.994-0.103= 0.891[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

For this problem we have the following info:

[tex] \mu = 10000[/tex] represent the true mean

[tex] \sigma = 501[/tex] represent the deviation

[tex] n = 40[/tex] representthe sample size selected

We want to find the following probability:

[tex] P(9900 <\bar X <10200)[/tex]

And for this case since the sample size is large enough we can use the central limit theorem and then we can use the z score formula given by:

[tex] z=\frac{\bar X -\mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}[/tex]

Andreplacing we got:

[tex] z=\frac{9900-10000}{\frac{501}{\sqrt{40}}}= -1.262[/tex]

[tex] z=\frac{10200-10000}{\frac{501}{\sqrt{40}}}= 2.525[/tex]

And we can find the probability with this difference and using the normal standard distribution table and we got:

[tex] P(-1.262 < z< 2.525) =P(Z<2.525) -P(Z<-1.262) = 0.994-0.103= 0.891[/tex]