Question: Newborn Elephant Weights Newborn elephant calves usually weigh between 200 and 250 poundsuntil October 2006, when an Asian elephant at the Houston (Texas) Zoo gave

Newborn Elephant Weights Newborn elephant calves usually weigh between 200 and

250 poundsuntil October 2006, when an Asian elephant at the Houston (Texas) Zoo gave birth to a male calf weighing in at a whopping 365 pounds! Mack (like the truck) is believed to be the heaviest elephant calf ever born at a facility accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. If, indeed, the mean weight for newborn elephant calves is 225 pounds with a standard deviation of 45 pounds, what is the probability of a newborn weighing at least 365 pounds? Assume that weights of newborn elephants are normally distributed. Use a TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus calculator and round the answer to at least four decimal places.

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