Sampling Distribution Answers
1. The scores of students on the ACT college entrance examination have a
normal distribution with mean 18.6 and standard deviation of 5.9.
a. That is the probability that a single student randomly chosen has an
ACT score less 21?
21 ! 18.6
z=
= 0.41
5.9
0.657915
b. What is the probability that 10 randomly chosen students have a mean
score less than 18?
18 ! 18.6
z=
= !0.322
5.9
10
0.373899
c. What is the probability that 20 randomly chosen students have a sum
score greater than 380?
19 ! 18.6
z=
= 0.303
5.9
20
0.380846
d. The probability that a single student randomly chosen has an ACT
score above a certain score is 0.45. What is the score?
0.45
x ! 18.6
0.126 =
5.9
e.
x = 19.34
The probability that 10 randomly chosen students have an average
score greater than a certain average is 0.27. What is the average
score?
x ! 18.6
0.613 =
5.9
10
0.27
x = 19.744
f. The probability that 10 randomly chosen students have an average
score less than a certain average is 0.18. What is the average score?
x ! 18.6
!0.92 =
5.9
10
0.18
x = 16.88
g. The probability that 20 randomly chosen students have a total score
less than a certain total 0.24. What is the total score?
x ! 18.6 0.24
!0.71 =
5.9
20 x = 17.66 ! Sum = 353.2
h.
The probability that 20 randomly chosen students have a total score
more than a certain total 0.36. What is the total score?
0.36
x ! 18.6
0.358 =
5.9
20 x = 19.07 ! Sum = 381.4
2. The average outstanding credit card balance for young couples is $650 with a
standard deviation of $420.
a. What is the probability that a couple chosen at random has a credit
card balance exceeding $700?
PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DONE
b. What is the probability that a random sample of 100 young couples
have a mean credit card balance exceeding $700?
700 ! 650
z=
= 1.19
420
100
c.
0.11693
What is the probability that a random sample of 200 young couples
have a credit card balance totaling less than $125,000?
625 ! 650
z=
= !0.842
420
200
0.19995
d. The probability that 50 randomly chosen young couples have an
average credit card balance greater than a certain average is 0.29.
What is the average amount?
x ! 650
0.55 =
420
50
0.29
x = 682.67
e. The probability that 50 randomly chosen young couples have an
average credit card balance less than a certain average is 0.37. What is
the average amount?
x ! 650
!0.332 =
420
50
0.37
x = 630.28
f. The probability that 100 randomly chosen young couples have a total
credit card balance greater than a certain total is 0.19. What is the total
amount?
0.19
x ! 650
0.88 =
420
100
x = 686.96 ! Sum = 68696
g. The probability that 100 randomly chosen young couples have a total
credit card balance less than a certain total is 0.42. What is the total
amount?
!0.2 =
x ! 650
420
100
0.42
x = 641.6 ! Sum = 64160
3. The average amount of time that people spend going through airport security
for planes at a busy airport is 21 minutes with a standard deviation of 4.2
minutes.
a. What is the probability that a person has to wait more than 25
minutes?
PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DONE
b. What is the probability that the average wait for a SRS of 40 people is
more than 22 minutes?
0.066031
22 ! 21
z=
= 1.51
4.2
40
c.
What is the probability that the total wait time for 50 people is less
than 1080 minutes?
0.8441842
21.6 ! 21
z=
= 1.01
4.2
50
d. The probability that 30 randomly chosen people have an average wait
time longer than a certain average is 0.27. What is the average value?
0.27
x ! 21
0.61 =
4.2
30
x = 21.47
e. The probability that 100 randomly chosen people have a total wait
time less than a certain total is 0.18. What is the total value?
x ! 21
!0.92 =
4.2
100
0.18
x = 20.61 ! Sum = 2061
4. The cost of treatment per patient for a certain medical problem was modeled
by one insurance company as a normal distribution with mean $775 and
standard deviation $150.
a. What is the probability that the treatment cost for a randomly chosen
patient is more than $800?
0.433816
800 ! 775
z=
= 0.17
150
b. What is the probability that the total treatment cost for 15 randomly
chosen patient is more than $12,000?
0.259303
800 ! 775
z=
= 0.645
150
15
c. What is the probability that the average treatment cost for 35 randomly
chosen patient is less that $750?
750 ! 775
z=
= !0.986
150
35
0.161924
d. The probability that 20 randomly chosen people have a total treatment
cost above a certain total is 0.23. What is the total value?
0.74 =
x ! 775
150
20
0.23
x = 799.82 ! Sum = 15996.4
e. The probability that 40 randomly chosen people have an average
treatment cost less than a certain average is 0.18. What is the average
value?
!0.92 =
x ! 775
150
40
0.18
x = 753.18
