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ZanzabumX
4 days ago
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The life of a manufacturer's compact fluorescent light bulbs is normal, with mean 12,000 hours and standard deviation 2,000 hour

s. Seth wants to find the probability that a light bulb he purchased from this manufacturer will last no more than 14,500 hours.
How many standard deviations above the mean is 14,500 hours?
Mathematics
2 answers:
Inessa [12.1K]4 days ago
4 0
Mean = 12000
Standard Deviation = 2000

Our task is to determine how many standard deviations 14,500 is from the mean.
This requires us to compute the z-score

A z-score indicates how far a sample value is from the mean in terms of standard deviations. A positive z-score signifies that the sample value exceeds the mean.

The formula for calculating the z-score is = (Sample Value - Mean) / Standard Deviation
Thus,
Z-score = \frac{14500-12000}{2000} =1.25

This indicates that 14,500 is 1.25 standard deviations higher than the mean of 12,000.
zzz [11.8K]4 days ago
3 0

The initial question: "How many standard deviations above the mean is 14,500 hours?"

Response: A. 1.25

The subsequent question: "Referring to the standard normal table, the likelihood that Seth’s light bulb will last no more than 14,500 (P(z ≤ 1.25)) hours is approximately___."

Response: 89%


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