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Practice: the normal distribution

Practice: the normal distribution

1

A factory has 600 workers, and their monthly salaries are spread normally.
The mean salary is 8500 ₪, and the standard deviation 1200 ₪.

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a

What percent of the workers earn between 7300 ₪ and 9700 ₪?

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    b

    What percent of the workers earn more than 10,900 ₪?

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      c

      How many workers earn less than 7300 ₪?

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        2

        A bakery sells loaves of bread every day, and the number of loaves sold is spread normally.
        On average 300 loaves are sold a day, and the standard deviation is 40 loaves.
        The bakery bakes 380 loaves every day.

        a

        On what percent of the days are more than 260 loaves sold?

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          b

          On a day when the customers want more than 380 loaves, the bread runs out.
          On what percent of the days does the bread run out?

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            c

            On how many of the 360 days of a year does the bread run out?

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              3

              The monthly electricity bills of the families in a town are spread normally.
              The mean bill is 450 ₪, and the standard deviation 60 ₪.

              a

              What is the standard score of a bill of 570 ₪?

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                b

                What is the standard score of a bill of 420 ₪?

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                  4

                  Liat and Ron sell phones in two chains.
                  Liat sold 46 phones this month. In her chain a salesperson sells 40 phones a month on average, and the standard deviation is 4.
                  Ron sold 58 phones this month. In his chain a salesperson sells 50 phones a month on average, and the standard deviation is 5.

                  a

                  What is Liat’s standard score?

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                    b

                    What is Ron’s standard score?

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                      c

                      Who sold better, compared with the salespeople of their own chain?
                      Explain.

                      5

                      The price of a car repair at a garage is spread normally.
                      The mean price is 3000 ₪, and the standard deviation 500 ₪.

                      a

                      16% of the repairs are the dearest.
                      From what price do these repairs start?

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                        b

                        2.5% of the repairs are the cheapest.
                        Up to what price do these repairs cost?

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                          6

                          A machine fills half-kilo bags of rice.
                          The weight of rice in a bag is spread normally: the mean is 500 grams, and the standard deviation 3 grams.
                          A bag whose weight is further from the mean than two standard deviations leaves the line.

                          a

                          What percent of the bags leave the line?

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                            b

                            About how many bags out of 4000 leave the line?

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                              c

                              What is the standard score of a bag weighing 505 grams?
                              Round to two decimal places.

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                                d

                                Does the bag weighing 505 grams leave the line?
                                Explain.

                                7

                                At two courier companies the delivery time is spread normally, and the mean time at both is 3 days.
                                At company A the standard deviation is half a day, and at company B a day.
                                Both companies promise delivery within 4 days.
                                The shaded area under each curve: the deliveries that are late.

                                0123456Company ACompany BDelivery time (days)
                                a

                                What percent of company A’s deliveries are late?

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                                  b

                                  What percent of company B’s deliveries are late?

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                                    c

                                    An online shop is choosing a courier company.
                                    Which company should it choose, and why?

                                    8

                                    The daily number of customers at a supermarket is spread normally.
                                    On average 200 customers come a day, and the standard deviation is 25 customers.
                                    The manager adds a cashier on the 16% of the days with the most customers.

                                    a

                                    From how many customers a day is a cashier added?

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                                      b

                                      On how many of 300 days is a cashier added?

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