The time in hours that Davin plays on his games machine each day is normally distributed with mean 3.5 and standard deviation 0.9.
(a) Find the probability that on a randomly chosen day Davin plays on his games machine for more than 4.2 hours.
(c) Calculate an estimate for the number of days in a year (365 days) on which Davin plays on his games machine for between 2.8 and 4.2 hours.
Solution
(a) To find the probability that Davin plays for more than 4.2 hours, we use the standard normal distribution. First, we standardize the variable:
\(P(X > 4.2) = P\left( Z > \frac{4.2 - 3.5}{0.9} \right) = P(Z > 0.7778)\)
Using the standard normal distribution table, \(P(Z > 0.7778) = 1 - 0.7818 = 0.218\).
(c) To find the number of days Davin plays between 2.8 and 4.2 hours, we calculate:
\(P(2.8 < X < 4.2) = 1 - 2 \times P(X > 4.2)\)
\(= 2 \times (1 - 0.7818) - 1 = 2 \times 0.2182 - 1 = 0.5636\)
The number of days is \(365 \times 0.5636 = 205.7\), so approximately 205 days.
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