Wildlife Biologist Studies - Mean Weight
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A wildlife biologist captures a certain species of geese in orer to weigh them. Using science, he determines that the weights are normally distributed with a mean of nine pounds and a standard deviation of 1.3 pounds. What is the probability that a goose captured at random will weigh between 8 pounds and 11 pounds?
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We need to put the problem in standard form:
That is:
For μ= 9 and σ= 1.3 and x1= ...
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