Probability that average weight of the boxes will be less


Q1. A manufacturing company measures the weight of boxes before shipping them to the customers. If the box weights have a population mean and standard deviation of 90 lbs. and 24 lbs. respectively, then based on a sample size of 36 boxes, the probability that the average weight of the boxes will be less than 94 lbs. is:

A. 15.87%

B. 84.13%

C. 34.13%

D. 56.36%

E. 16.87%

Q2. The internal auditing staff of a local manufacturing company performs a sample audit each quarter to estimate the proportion of accounts that are delinquent more than 90 days overdue. The historical records of the company show that over the past 8 years 13 percent of the accounts are delinquent. For this quarter, the auditing staff randomly selected 250 customer accounts. What is the probability that no more than 40 accounts will be classified as delinquent?

A. 42.07%

B. 92.07%

C. 7.93%

D. 40.15%

E. 90.15%

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