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June 2019 p61 q7
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The weight of adult female giraffes has a normal distribution with mean 830 kg and standard deviation 120 kg.
Given that 90% of adult female giraffes weigh between (830 - w) kg and (830 + w) kg, find the value of w.
Solution
We are given that 90% of the weights lie between (830 - w) kg and (830 + w) kg. This implies that 5% of the weights are below (830 - w) kg and 5% are above (830 + w) kg.
Thus, the probability that a giraffe weighs less than (830 + w) kg is 95%, which corresponds to a z-score of 1.645 for a standard normal distribution.