In response to the increasing weight of airline passengers, the Federal Aviation

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In response to the increasing weight of airline passengers, the Federal Aviation Administration told airlines to assume that passengers average 190 pounds in the summer, including clothing and carry-on baggage. But passengers vary. The FAA gave a mean but not a standard deviation. A reasonable standard deviation is 35 pounds. Weights are not normally distributed, especially when the population includes both men and women, but they are not very non-normal. A commuter plane carries 25 passengers.What is the approximate probability that the total weight of the passengers exceeds 5,000 pounds? (Hint: To apply the central limit theorem, restate the problem in terms of the mean weight. Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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Average weight of passengers=5000/25=200

Standard deviation =35/sqrt(25)=35/5=7

z score=(200-190)/7=10/7=1.43

P(z>1.43)=1-P(z<=1.43)=1-0.9236=0.0764

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