Homework Help: math

Posted by ruth on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 12:20am.

The breaking strength (in pounds) of a certain new synthetic is normally distributed, with a mean of 175 and a variance of 4. The material is considered defective if the breaking strength is less than 169 pounds. What is the probability that a single, randomly selected piece of material will be defective? (Give the answer to two decimal places.)

math - PsyDAG, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 2:10pm
Z = (score-mean)/SD

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

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