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June 2022 p52 q4
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The weights of bags of rice produced by Binders are normally distributed with mean 2.55 kg and standard deviation \(\sigma\) kg. In a random sample of 5000 of these bags, 134 weighed more than 2.6 kg.
Find the value of \(\sigma\).
Solution
First, calculate the probability that a bag weighs more than 2.6 kg:
\(P(X > 2.6) = \frac{134}{5000} = 0.0268\)
The probability that a bag weighs less than 2.6 kg is:
\(P(X < 2.6) = 1 - 0.0268 = 0.9732\)
Using the standard normal distribution, find the z-score corresponding to this probability: