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1. According to the Uniform Crime Report, 2007, 66.9% of murders are committed with a firearm. a) In a random sample of 10 murders, find the probability that exactly 8 will be committed with a firearm.

b) In a random sample of 10 murders, find the probability that fewer than 6 will be committed with a firearm.

c) In a random sample of 10 murders, find the probability that at least 5 will be committed with a firearm.

d) In a random sample of 200 murders, what is the expected number or mean that would be committed with a firearm?

e) In a random sample of 200 murders, what is the standard deviation?

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2. Use the standard normal distribution table. a) Find the area under the standard normal distribution to the left of z = 1.34

b) Find the area under the standard normal distribution to the right of z = 0.93

c) Find the area under the standard normal distribution that lies between z = -2.03 and z = 1.55

d) Find the z-score such that the area under the standard normal curve to the left is 0.8438.

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e) Find the Z-scores that separate the middle 94% of the distribution from the area in the tails of the standard normal distribution.

3. The magnitude of earthquakes since 1900 that measure 0.1 or higher on the Richter scale in California is approximately normally distributed with a mean = 6.2 and a standard deviation = 0.5, according to data obtained from the U.S. Geological Service.

a) What percent of the earthquakes has a magnitude above 6.8?

b) What percent of the earthquakes has a magnitude below 5?

c) What percent of the earthquakes has a magnitude above between 5.2 and 6.5?

d) What percent of the earthquakes has a magnitude below 6?

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e) What percent of the earthquakes has a magnitude above 9? Is that unusual?

4. Scores on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test (IQ Test) are normally distributed with mean = 100 and a standard deviation = 16.

a) What is the probability that a randomly selected individual has an IQ score bellow 110?

b) What is the probability that a random sample of 25 individuals has a mean IQ score bellow 110?

c) What is the probability that a random sample of 55 individuals has a mean IQ score bellow 110?

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d) What effect does increasing the sample size have on the probability?

5. A simple random sample of size n is drawn from a population that is known to be normally distributed. The sample mean, X , is determine to be 104.3 and the sample standard deviation, s, is determined to be 15.9. a) Construct the 90% confidence interval about the population mean if the sample size, n, is 15.

b) Construct the 90% confidence interval about the population mean if the sample size, n, is 25. How does increasing the sample size affect the width of the interval?

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c) Construct the 95% confidence interval about the population mean if the sample size, n, is 15. Compare the results to those obtained in part (a). How does increasing the level of confidence affect the confidence interval?

6. In 2000, as reported by ACT research service, the mean ACT Math score was = 20.7 Mrs. Teresa Gibson wants to estimate the mean ACT Math score of students in High School district 204. She obtains a simple random sample of 20 students who took the ACT in 2000, looks up the ACT Math scores, and obtains the results shown . Assume that the =5. 24 23 16 26 25 22 18 25 26 17 28 27 23 21 23 20 25 21 19 30 a). Use the data to compute a point estimate for the population mean ACT Math score of High School District 204.

b) Because the sample size is small, we must verify that ACT scores are normally distributed and that the sample does not contain any outliers. Construct a normal probability plot or the boxplot. Are the conditions for constructing a z-interval satisfied?

c) Construct a 92% confidence interval for the mean ACT Math score for all students in District 204 who took the exam. Interpret this interval.
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d) Do Mrs. Gibsons students appear to have a mean ACT Math score different from that of the general population?

7. A sociologist claims that the mean age at which women marry in Memphis, Tennessee, is greater than the mean age of 25.0 throughout the U.S. Based upon a random sample of 20 recently married certificates, she obtains the ages shown in the table below. 40 24 23 21 30 46 24 29 31 31 29 29 28 29 24 21 35 33 34 39

a) Construct a boxplot and a normal probability plot to verify that the marriage is normally distributed and the data set does not contain any outliers. Note: use the graphing calculator to get the graphs and then draw a sketch here or transfer the graph to the computer and print.

b) Test the hypothesis, assuming that

= 6.2 at the = 0.05 level of significance.

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