1.The taxi and takeoff time for commercial jets is a random variable x with a mean of 8.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.7 minutes. Assume that the distribution of taxi and takeoff times is approximately normal. You may assume that the jets are lined up on a runway so that one taxies and takes off immediately after the other, and that they take off one at a time on a given runway. (a) What is the probability that for 35 jets on a given runway, total taxi and takeoff time will be less than 320 minutes? (Use 3 decimal places.)   (b) What is the probability that for 35 jets on a given runway, total taxi and takeoff time will be more than 275 minutes? (Use 3 decimal places.)   (c) What is the probability that for 35 jets on a given runway, total taxi and takeoff time will be between 275 and 320 minutes? (Use 3 decimal places.)

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1.The taxi and takeoff time for commercial jets is a random variable x with a mean of 8.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.7 minutes. Assume that the distribution of taxi and takeoff times is approximately normal. You may assume that the jets are lined up on a runway so that one taxies and takes off immediately after the other, and that they take off one at a time on a given runway.

(a) What is the probability that for 35 jets on a given runway, total taxi and takeoff time will be less than 320 minutes? (Use 3 decimal places.)
 

(b) What is the probability that for 35 jets on a given runway, total taxi and takeoff time will be more than 275 minutes? (Use 3 decimal places.)
 

(c) What is the probability that for 35 jets on a given runway, total taxi and takeoff time will be between 275 and 320 minutes? (Use 3 decimal places.)
 
2.Find the probabilities for the following two situations (use 3 decimal places):

(a) Assume that IQ scores are normally distributed, with a standard deviation of 12 points and a mean of 100 points. If 110 people are chosen at random, what is the probability that the sample mean of IQ scores will not differ from the population mean by more than 2 points?
 

(b) A large tank of fish from a hatchery is being delivered to a lake. The hatchery claims that the mean length of fish in the tank is 15 inches, and the standard deviation is 8 inches. A random sample of 36 fish is taken from the tank. Let x be the mean sample length of these fish. What is the probability that x is within 0.5 inch of the claimed population mean?
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