Ch.

5
56. Assume the likelihood that any flight on Northwest Airlines arrives within
15 minutes of the scheduled time is .90. We select four flights from
yesterday for study.
1. What is the likelihood all four of the selected flights arrived
within 15 minutes of the scheduled time?
2. What is the likelihood that none of the selected flights arrived
within 15 minutes of the scheduled time?
3. What is the likelihood at least one of the selected flights did not
arrive within 15 minutes of the scheduled time?
Ch.7
37.

50. Fast Service Truck Lines uses the Ford Super Duty F-750
exclusively. Management made a study of the maintenance costs and
determined the number of miles traveled during the year followed the
normal distribution. The mean of the distribution was 60,000 miles and the
standard deviation 2,000 miles.

a. What percent of the Ford Super Duty F-750s logged

65,200 miles or more?
b. What percent of the trucks logged more than
57,060 but less than 58,280 miles?
c. What percent of the Fords traveled 62,000 miles or
less during the year?
d. Is it reasonable to conclude that any of the trucks
were driven more than 70,000 miles? Explain.

Ch. 8
38. The mean amount purchased by a typical customer at Churchill's Grocery
Store is $23.50 with a standard deviation of $5.00. Assume the distribution of
amounts purchased follows the normal distribution. For a sample of 50
customers, answer the following questions.

A. What is the likelihood the sample mean is at least $25.00?

B. What is the likelihood the sample mean is greater than $22.50
but less than $25.00?
C. Within what limits will 90 percent of the sample means occur?
Ch. 9
54. Families USA, a monthly magazine that discusses issues related to health
and health costs, surveyed 20 of its subscribers. It found that the annual
health insurance premiums for a family with coverage through an employer
averaged $10,979. The standard deviation of the sample was $1,000.
A. Based on this sample information, develop a 90 percent
confidence interval for the population mean yearly premium.
B. How large a sample is needed to find the population mean within
$250 at 99 percent confidence?

Ch. 10
42. During recent seasons, Major League Baseball has been criticized for the
length of the games. A report indicated that the average game lasts 3 hours
and 30 minutes. A sample of 17 games revealed the following times to
completion. (Note that the minutes have been changed to fractions of hours,
so that a game that lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes is reported at 2.40 hours.)

2.98

2.40

2.70

2.25

3.23

3.17

2.93

3.18

2.38

3.75

3.20

3.27

2.52

2.58

4.45

2.45

Ch. 11
58. The amount of income spent on housing is an important component of
the cost of living. The total costs of housing for homeowners might
include mortgage payments, property taxes, and utility costs (water,
heat, electricity). An economist selected a sample of 20 homeowners in
New England and then calculated these total housing costs as a percent

2.80

of monthly income, five years ago and now. The information is reported
below. Is it reasonable to conclude the percent is less now than five
years ago?

Homeowner

Five Years Ago

Now

17%

10%

20

39

29

37

43

27

36

12

43

41

45

24

19

26

49

28

10

49

26

11

35%

32%

12

16

32

13

23

21

14

33

12

15

44

40

16

44

42

17

28

22

18

29

19

19

39

35

20

22

12