The Acme donut company sells donuts in boxes of one dozen donuts advertised to weigh one pound. The donuts weights are Normally distributed with a mean weight of 1.37oz and a standard deviation of 0.3oz. Find the probability that if the FTC pulls a random box of Acme donuts off the shelf at a retailer and sends the box to their lab for weighing, it will be found to be underweight.

The Acme donut company sells donuts in boxes of one dozen donuts advertised to weigh one pound. The donuts weights are Normally distributed with a mean weight of 1.37oz and a standard deviation of 0.3oz. Find the probability that if the FTC pulls a random box of Acme donuts off the shelf at a retailer and sends the box to their lab for weighing, it will be found to be underweight.

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section8.7: Probability

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