Homework Help: Statistics

Posted by Jay on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 2:47pm.

The weights of trout in a certain river follow a normal distribution with mean 3 pounds and standard deviation 0.8 pounds. What proportion of trout weigh between 3.2 pounds and 4.8 pounds?

a.) .3891
b.) .9972
c.) .9452
d.) .5865

Statistics - PsyDAG, Friday, December 2, 2011 at 2:53pm
Z = (score-mean)/SD

Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportions related to the Z scores.

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