On average, hotel guests who take elevators weigh about 160 pounds with an SD of about 40 pounds. An engineer is designing a large elevator for a convention hall, to lift 35 such people. If she designs it to lift 3 tons (6,000 pounds), estimate the chance that it will be overloaded by a random group of 35 people
On average, hotel guests who take elevators weigh about 160 pounds with an SD of about 40 pounds. An engineer is designing a large elevator for a convention hall, to lift 35 such people. If she designs it to lift 3 tons (6,000 pounds), estimate the chance that it will be overloaded by a random group of 35 people
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On average, hotel guests who take elevators weigh about 160 pounds with an SD of about 40 pounds. An engineer is designing a large elevator for a convention hall, to lift 35 such people. If she designs it to lift 3 tons (6,000 pounds), estimate the chance that it will be overloaded by a random group of 35 people
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