Modelling with the normal distribution
 

Modelling with the normal distribution problem 9


Every Saturday, a particular community holds a ‘Puzzle’ event to raise money for a new Leisure Centre. Competitors attempt to solve a puzzle as quickly as possible. Last Saturday, 600 competitors took part. The times taken to complete the puzzle were normally distributed with mean 32.4 minutes and standard deviation 2.5 minutes. How many competitors would you expect to have times within 1.2 minutes of the mean time?


 

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