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1. Transportation official reported that 8.25 out of 1000 airline passengers lost luggage during their
travels last year .If we randomly select 400 airlines passengers, what is the probability that 5 lost
luggage?
2. To qualify for a certain police academy, applicants are given a test of physical fitness .The scores
are normally distributed with a mean of 64 and standard deviation of 9.if only 20% of the
applicants are selected, find the cut off score.
3. The average teacher’ salary in a certain state is $37,764.Assume normal distribution with
standard-deviation σ =$5100
a. What is the probability that a randomly selected teacher’ salary is greater than $
45,000?
b. For a sample of 75 teachers, what is the probability that sample mean is greater than
$38,000?
4. A random sample of the number of games played by individual NBA scoring leaders is found
below. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the variance in games played differs from 40?
Use α=0.05
72 79 80 74 82 79 82 78 60 75
5. A researcher estimates that the average height of buildings of 30 or more stories in a large city is
at least 700 feet. A random sample of 10 buildings is selected, and the heights in feet are, AT
α=0.025, is there enough evidence to reject the claim?

485 511 841 725 615 520 535 616 582

6. A real estate agent compares the selling prices of home in two cities to see if there is a difference.
The result of study are shown. Is there enough evidence to reject the claim that the average cost of a
home in the both location is the same? Use α = 0.01

City A City B

Sample mean $ 93,430 $ 98,043

Population standard deviation $5602 $4731

n =35 n = 40

7. Daily weather observation in certain city for the first three weeks of January show daily high
temperatures as follows:

55,44,51,59,62,60,46,51,37,30,46,51,53,57,57,39,28,37,35,and 28 degrees Fahrenheit. The normal

standard normal standard deviation in high temperature for this time period is usually no more than 8
degrees. A meteorologist believes that with the unusual trend in temperatures the standard deviation is
greater. At α = 0.05, can we conclude that the standard deviation is greater than 8 degrees?