The lengths of the seeds from a particular mango tree are approximated by a normal distribution with a mean of 4cm and a standard deviation of 0.25cm.A seed from this mango tree is chosen at random.(a) Calculate the probability that the length of the seed is less than 3.7cm.It is known that 30% of the seeds have a length greater than kcm.(b) Find the value of k.For a seed of length dcm, chosen at random, P(4−m<d<4+m)=0.6.(c) Find the value of m.
Q. The lengths of the seeds from a particular mango tree are approximated by a normal distribution with a mean of 4cm and a standard deviation of 0.25cm.A seed from this mango tree is chosen at random.(a) Calculate the probability that the length of the seed is less than 3.7cm.It is known that 30% of the seeds have a length greater than kcm.(b) Find the value of k.For a seed of length dcm, chosen at random, P(4−m<d<4+m)=0.6.(c) Find the value of m.
Calculate Z-score: Calculate the Z-score for 3.7cm using the formula Z=standard deviation(X−mean).Z=0.25(3.7−4)=0.25−0.3=−1.2
Find Probability: Find the probability that the seed length is less than 3.7cm using the standard normal distribution table for Z=−1.2.Probability (Z<−1.2)≈0.1151
Find Z-score for Top 30%: For part (b), find the Z-score corresponding to the top 30% of the distribution.Using the standard normal distribution table, the Z-score for 0.7 (since 1−0.3=0.7) is approximately 0.52.
Calculate Value of k: Calculate the value of k using the Z-score formula rearranged: k=mean+Z×standard deviation.k=4+0.52×0.25=4+0.13=4.13cm
Find Z-score for Probability Interval: For part (c), find the Z-score for the probability interval P(4−m<d<4+m)=0.6. The total area under the curve outside this interval is 0.4 (since 1−0.6=0.4), so each tail has an area of 0.2. The Z-score for 0.9 (since 0.5+0.4/2=0.9) is approximately 1.28.
Calculate Value of m: Calculate the value of m using the Z-score and standard deviation. m=Z×standard deviation=1.28×0.25=0.32cm
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