the annual per capita consumption of ice cream (in pounds) in the United States
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the annual per capita consumption of ice cream (in pounds) in the United States can be approximately by the normal distribution, as shown in the figure to the right. (a) what is the largest annual per capita consumption of the ice cream that can be in the bottom 14% of consumptions? (b) between what two values does the middle 80% of the consumptions lie? 5.3.36 The annual per capita consumption of ice cream (in pounds) in the United States can be approximated by the normal distribution, as shown in the fiqure to the right (a what s the largest annual per capita consumption of ice cream that can be in the bottom 14% of consum pions? (b) Between what two values does the middle 80% of the consumptions lie? Click to view page 1 of the Standard Normal Table (a) The largest annual per capita consumption of ice cream that be in the bottom 14% of consumptions is (Round to one decimal place as needed) pounds.Explanation / Answer
a) z score corresponding to bottom 14% of the area = -1.08
Hence,
Largest annual per capita consumption in the bottom 14% = 15.6 - 1.08*5.9 = 9.2 pounds
b) 80% of the consumptionn lie between 8.0 and 23.2 pounds.
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