Question: Problem . Sylvester Stallone, who is working for Winn Dixie Supermarket, found that weights of potatoes in a sack are normally distributed with mean =500

Problem. Sylvester Stallone, who is working for Winn Dixie Supermarket, found that weights of potatoes in a sack arenormallydistributed with mean =500 grams and standard deviation =100 grams.

(1) When he randomly selects one potato and measures its weight, what is the probability that the weight is between 480 grams and 550 grams?

(2) When he randomly chooses 16 potatoes and measures their weights, what is the probability that thetotalweight is greater than 8,500 grams?

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