Guests at a large hotel stay for an average of 8 days with a standard deviation of 2 days. Among 100 guests, how many can be expected to stay a) less than 7 days ? b) more than 14 days ? c) between 7 and 14 days ? Assuming that the length of stay is normally distributed.

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Example 43 Calculating the probabilities of a normal random variable
Guests at a large hotel stay for an average of 8 days with a standard deviation of 2 days. Among 100
guests, how many can be expected to stay
a) less than 7 days ?
b) more than 14 days ?
c) between 7 and 14 days ?
Assuming that the length of stay is normally distributed.
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Transcribed Image Text:Example 43 Calculating the probabilities of a normal random variable Guests at a large hotel stay for an average of 8 days with a standard deviation of 2 days. Among 100 guests, how many can be expected to stay a) less than 7 days ? b) more than 14 days ? c) between 7 and 14 days ? Assuming that the length of stay is normally distributed. Scanned with CamScanner
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