Question: 11) Smith is a weld inspector at a shipyard. He knows from keeping track of good and substandard welds that for the afternoon shift 5%

11) Smith is a weld inspector at a shipyard. He knows from keeping track of good and substandard welds that for the afternoon shift 5% of all welds done will be substandard. If Smith checks 300 of the 7500 welds completed that shift, what is the probability that he will find less than 20 substandard welds.

12) The National Association of Realtors estimates that 23% of all homes purchased in 2004 were considered investment properties. If a sample of 800 homes sold in 2004 is obtained what is the probability that between 175 and 200 homes are going to be used as investment property?

13) Smith is a weld inspector at a shipyard. He knows from keeping track of good and substandard welds that for the afternoon shift 5% of all welds done will be substandard. If Smith checks 300 of the 7500 welds completed that shift, would it be unusual for Smith to find 30 or more substandard welds.

4) Furnace repair bills are normally distributed with a mean of 273 dollars and a standard deviation of 20 dollars. If 64 of these repair bills are randomly selected, find the probability that they have a mean cost between 273 dollars and 275 dollars.

20) A doctor at a local hospital is interested in estimating the birth weight of infants. How large a sample must she select if she desires to be 95% confident that her estimate is within 4 ounces of the true mean? Assume that s = 6 ounces based on earlier studies.

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