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The Normal Distribution

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Question 5

A grocery delivery service claims that the time taken to complete a delivery follow a normal distribution with a mean of 40 minutes and a standard deviation of 6 minutes.

a.

Using this model, find the probability that a randomly selected delivery takes more than 50 minutes.

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b.

A logistics manager believes that the mean delivery time is actually more than 40 minutes. The manager monitors a random sample of 36 deliveries and finds the average completion time is 42.5 minutes. Test the manager's belief at the 5% significance level. State your hypotheses clearly.

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