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Coal is carried from a mine in West Virginia to a power plant inNew York in hopper cars on a long train. The automatic hopper carloader is set to put 60 tons of coal into each car. The actualweights of coal loaded into each car are normallydistributed, with mean μ = 60 tons and standarddeviation σ = 1.6 ton.

(a) What is the probability that one car chosen at random willhave less than 59.5 tons of coal? (Round your answer to fourdecimal places.)


(b) What is the probability that 50 cars chosen at random will havea mean load weight x of less than 59.5 tons of coal?(Round your answer to four decimal places.)


(c) Suppose the weight of coal in one car was less than 59.5 tons.Would that fact make you suspect that the loader had slipped out ofadjustment?

Yes or No     


Suppose the weight of coal in 50 cars selected at random had anaverage x of less than 59.5 tons. Would that fact make yoususpect that the loader had slipped out of adjustment? Why?

Yes, the probability that this deviation is random is verysmall.Yes, the probability that this deviation is random is verylarge.     No, the probability that thisdeviation is random is very small.No, the probability that thisdeviation is random is very large.

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