Each month, an American household generates an average of 27.5 pounds of newspaper for garbage or recycling. Assume the standard deviation is 3.1 pounds. If a household is selected at random, find the probability of its generating between 24.3 and 31.9 pounds per month. Assume the variable is approximately normally distributed. O 0.8521 O 0,7851 O 0.7711 O 0.6585

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Each month, an American household generates an average of 27.5 pounds of newspaper for garbage or recycling. Assume the standard deviation is 3.1 pounds. If a household is selected at
random, find the probability of its generating between 24.3 and 31.9 pounds per month. Assume the variable is approximately normally distributed.
O 0.8521
O 0.7851
O 0.7711
O 0.6585
Transcribed Image Text:Each month, an American household generates an average of 27.5 pounds of newspaper for garbage or recycling. Assume the standard deviation is 3.1 pounds. If a household is selected at random, find the probability of its generating between 24.3 and 31.9 pounds per month. Assume the variable is approximately normally distributed. O 0.8521 O 0.7851 O 0.7711 O 0.6585
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