A certain car model has a mean gas mileage of 34 miles per gallon (mpg) with a standard deviation A pizza delivery company buys 54 of these cars. What is the probability that the average mileage of the fleet is between 33.3 and 34.3 mpg?

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Answer:

[tex] z =\frac{33.3- 34}{\frac{5}{\sqrt{54}}}= -1.028[/tex]

[tex] z =\frac{34.3- 34}{\frac{5}{\sqrt{54}}}= 0.441[/tex]

An we can use the normal standard table and the following difference and we got this result:

[tex] P(-1.028<z<0.441)= P(z<0.441) -P(z<-1.028) = 0.670 -0.152 =0.518[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming this statement to complete the problem "with a standard deviation 5 mpg"

We have the following info given:

[tex]\mu = 34[/tex] represent the mean

[tex]\sigma= 5[/tex] represent the deviation

We have a sample size of n = 54 and we want to find this probability:

[tex] P(33.3 < \bar X< 34.3)[/tex]

And for this case since the sample size is large enough >30 we can apply the central limit theorem and then we can use this distribution:

[tex]\bar X \sim N(\mu , \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}})[/tex]

And we can use the z score formula given by:

[tex] z=\frac{\bar X -\mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}[/tex]

And replacing we got:

[tex] z =\frac{33.3- 34}{\frac{5}{\sqrt{54}}}= -1.028[/tex]

[tex] z =\frac{34.3- 34}{\frac{5}{\sqrt{54}}}= 0.441[/tex]

An we can use the normal standard table and the following difference and we got this result:

[tex] P(-1.028<z<0.441)= P(z<0.441) -P(z<-1.028) = 0.670 -0.152 =0.518[/tex]