Mathematics Of Industry and Government
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Yvonne joins a fishing contest. She tracks how many fish each competitor catches in a fixed four-hour window.
Across 200 competitors:
Fill in the missing information to complete the probability distribution.
Do not round your answers.
Across 200 competitors:
| Fish caught | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 60 | 52 | 38 | 28 | ? | 12 |
| Probability | 0.3 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Fill in the missing information to complete the probability distribution.
Do not round your answers.
The delivery time (in days) for a regional courier is normally distributed with a mean of and a standard deviation of . Let = the delivery time for a randomly selected package.
Find .
Round your answer to two decimal places.
Find .
Round your answer to two decimal places.
The lifespans of foxes in a particular zoo are normally distributed. The average fox lives 11.2 years; the standard deviation is 2.8 years.
Use the empirical rule () to estimate the probability of a fox living less than 19.6 years.
Use the empirical rule () to estimate the probability of a fox living less than 19.6 years.

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