Normal tail and interval probabilities, all of three independent items above a value and a value below which a given proportion lies

Normal tail and interval probabilities, all of three independent items above a value and a value below which a given proportion lies

9 marks

A machine fills bottles with lemonade. The volume of lemonade in a bottle is normally distributed with mean \(502\) ml and standard deviation \(3.5\) ml.

  1. A bottle is chosen at random. Find the probability that it contains[5]
    1. more than \(506\) ml;
    2. at most \(497\) ml;
    3. between \(497\) ml and \(506\) ml.
  2. Three bottles are chosen at random. Find the probability that each of the three bottles contains more than \(506\) ml.[2]
  3. \(80\%\) of the bottles contain less than \(v\) ml. Find the value of \(v\), correct to one decimal place.[2]

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Answer:(a)(i) \(0.127\) (a)(ii) \(0.0766\) (a)(iii) \(0.797\) (b) \(0.00203\) (c) \(v=504.9\)

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