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Math 13 Review Chapters 5 & 6 Name_____________________________

1) In the US, 49.2% of the people are male. Suppose that 10 people in the US were chosen at random.
Be sure to show work on each problem, don’t just give the answer.

a) Find the probability that 6 of those people are male.

b) Find the probability that more than 6 of those people are male.

c) Find the probability that fewer than 6 of those people are male.

d) How many of the 10 people would you expect to be male?

e) Would it be unusual if 7 of the 10 people were male? Prove your answer using the z score.
Review Chapters 5 & 6

2) For a normal distribution, it is known that the mean is zero and the standard deviation is 1.
Be sure to draw and label a normal distribution for each problem.

a) Find the probability that a z score is above 2.03.

b) Find the probability that a z score is below 1.67.

c) Find the probability that a z score is between -1.33 and 2.06.

d) Find the z score for the top 8% of scores.


Review Chapters 5 & 6
Be sure to draw and label a normal distribution for each problem.

3) A biologist found that Polar Bears have a mean weight of 990 pounds with standard deviation of 95 pounds.
a) Find the probability that the weight of a Polar Bear would be over 1200 pounds.

b) Find the probability that the mean weight of 7 Polar Bears would be over 1100 pounds.

c) Find the probability that the weight of a Polar Bear would be between 800 pounds and 1000 pounds.

d) How heavy would a Polar Bear need to be in order to be in the top 5%?

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