Feb/Mar 2016 p62 q7
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The times in hours taken by another garage to fit a tow bar onto a car have the distribution \(N(\mu, \sigma^2)\) where \(\mu = 3\sigma\).
Find the probability that it takes more than \(0.6\mu\) hours to fit a tow bar onto a randomly chosen car at this garage.
Solution
Given that the times follow a normal distribution \(N(\mu, \sigma^2)\) with \(\mu = 3\sigma\), we need to find \(P(t > 0.6\mu)\).
First, standardize the variable:
\(P(t > 0.6\mu) = P\left( z > \frac{0.6\mu - \mu}{\mu/3} \right)\)
Substitute \(\mu = 3\sigma\) into the equation:
\(P\left( z > \frac{0.6 \times 3\sigma - 3\sigma}{3\sigma/3} \right) = P(z > -1.2)\)
Using the standard normal distribution table, \(P(z > -1.2) = 0.885\).
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