probability of a reading that is between 2.00 and 2.34
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Assume that the readings on the thermometers are normally distributed with a mean of 0 degrees and a standard deviation of 1 degrees C. A thermometer is randomly selected and tested. Find the probability of a reading that is between 2.00 and 2.34
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The solution calculates the probability of the thermometer reading using the z-score and z-table.
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mean = 0, sd = 1
Find the z-score for x1 = 2.00 and x2 = 2.34
z1 =(x1 - mean)/sd = 2.00
z2 = (x2 - mean)/sd ...
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