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Nov 2022 p53 q5
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The weights of the bags of sugar produced by company B are normally distributed with mean 1.04 kg and standard deviation 0.06 kg.
81% of the bags of sugar produced by company B weigh less than w kg.
Find the value of w.
Solution
Let the random variable \(X\) represent the weights of the bags of sugar. We know \(X\) is normally distributed with mean \(\mu = 1.04\) kg and standard deviation \(\sigma = 0.06\) kg.
We are given that \(P(X < w) = 0.81\). To find \(w\), we standardize \(X\) to a standard normal variable \(Z\):