Modelling with the normal distribution
 

Modelling with the normal distribution problem 10


Kestrels are birds whose adult wingspans are normally distributed with mean and standard deviation . A random sample of 120 adult kestrels is selected.


  • How many of these 120 adult kestrels would you expect to have wingspan between and ?


  • The masses of adult kestrels are normally distributed with mean and standard deviation . It is known that of adult kestrels have mass greater than and have mass less than . Find the value of and the value of .


 

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