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The times to pop a regular bag of microwave popcorn without burning it are Normally distributed with a mean time of 140 seconds and a standard deviation of 20 seconds. The times to pop a mini bag of microwave popcorn without burning it are Normally distributed with a mean time of 90 seconds and a standard deviation of 15 seconds. Suppose two independent random samples, 25 of each, are taken and the mean popping times are calculated. Let R = the popping time of a randomly selected regular-sized bag and M = the popping time of a mini-sized bag. Which of the following best describes the shape of the sampling distribution of ?

Normal because both population distributions are Normal

uniform because the both sample sizes are less than 30

skewed right because the difference in times cannot be negative

skewed left because the sample sizes are less than 30 and the sampling variability is unknown

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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