Introduction to Normal Distributions Answers

The lengths of a certain species of fish are approximately normally distributed with a given mean and standard deviation . According to the Empirical Rule, what percentage of the fish will have lengths within 1 standard deviation of the mean?

The graph below shows two normal distributions.What is the difference of the means of the distributions?

The annual salaries of all employees at a financial company are normally distributed with a mean of $34,000 and a standard deviation of $4,000. What is the z-score of a company employee who makes an annual salary of $54,000?

The weights of 2-pound bags of Best Dog Food are approximately normally distributed with a given mean and standard deviation . According to the Empirical Rule, what percentage of the bags will have weights within 3 standard deviations of the mean?

The set of life spans of an appliance is normally distributed with a mean = 48 months and a standard deviation = 8 months. What is the z-score of an appliance that stopped working at 64 months?

The graph below shows the average daily temperatures on January 1 from 1900 to 1934 for city A.The mean of the temperatures in the chart is 24° with a standard deviation of 4°. Which temperature is within one standard deviation of the mean?

What is the mean of the normal distribution shown below?

The lengths of a lawn mower part are approximately normally distributed with a given mean = 4 in. and standard deviation = 0.2 in. What percentage of the parts will have lengths between 3.8 in. and 4.2 in.?

What is the mean of the normal distribution shown below?

The heights of a certain type of tree are approximately normally distributed with a mean height = 5 ft and a standard deviation = 0.4 ft. Which statement must be true?