Concept explainers
To find: The probability that a randomly selected housefly has a wing length of at least 5 millimeters.
Answer to Problem 57E
The probability that a randomly selected housefly has a wing length of at least 5 millimeters is approximately 0.16.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The wing lengths of houseflies are
Calculation:
From the given data,
To find the probability for the given wing length, first, the z statistic for
So,
So, the probability is approximately 0.16.
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