The speed limit of a road is 65 miles per hour. The speed of a car on the highway follows a normal distribution with a mean of 70 and standard deviation of 5. A police officer will only react to speeding if the person is going 3 standard deviations above A)3 B)65 C)80 D)90

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The speed limit of a road is 65 miles per hour. The speed of a car on the highway follows a normal distribution with a mean of 70 and standard deviation of 5. A police officer will only react to speeding if the person is going 3 standard deviations above

A)3

B)65

C)80

D)90

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