Suppose that a random sample of size 64 is to be selected from a population with mean 40 and standard deviation 5. (a) What are the mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution? μx = σx = (b) What is the approximate probability that x will be within 0.3 of the population mean μ? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) P = (c) What is the approximate probability that x will differ from μ by more than 0.6? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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Answer:

a) 0.625

b) 0.2510

c) 0.2005

Step-by-step explanation:

Data provided in the question:

Sample size, n = 64

Mean = 40

Standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex] = 5

a) Mean of the sampling distribution = Sample mean = 40

Standard deviation of the sampling distribution = [tex]\frac \sigma \sqrt{n}[/tex]

= [tex]\frac 5 \sqrt{64}[/tex]

= 0.625

b) [tex]P=P(-0.2<\bar x -m u<0.2)[/tex]

[tex]=P(\frac{-0.2 }{ 0.625})<\frac{\bar x \text {-mean } }{\frac{s}{\sqrt n}}<\frac{0.2}{ 0.625}[/tex]

[tex]=P(-0.32<Z<0.32)[/tex]

[tex]=0.2510[/tex] (from standard normal table)

c) [tex]P=P(\bar x -m u>0.8)+P(\bar x -m u< -0.8)[/tex]

[tex]=P(Z>0.8 / 0.625)+P(Z<-0.8 / 0.625)[/tex]

[tex]=P(Z>1.28)+P(Z<-1.28)[/tex]

[tex]=0.2005[/tex] (from standard normal table)