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Question 5 • Probability and Statistics with Applications Honors Sem-2-FL-1210300 (2024-2025)

The number of turns of a pencil sharpener needed to sharpen a brand W pencil is approximately Normally distributed with a mean of 4.6 and a standard deviation of 0.67. The number of turns needed to sharpen a brand H pencil is approximately Normally distributed with a mean of 5.2 and a standard deviation of 0.33. If 30 pencils of each brand are randomly selected and sharpened, what is the probability that the brand W pencils will have a higher mean number of turns needed to sharpen than brand H?

Answer
A
approximately 0
B
0.0005
C
0.9995
D
approximately 1
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