The time it takes to travel from home to the office is normally distributed with μ = 25 minutes and σ = 5 minutes. What is the probability the trip takes more than 40 minutes?

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Answer:

The probability is  [tex]P(X > x) = 0.0013499[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

     The mean is  [tex]\mu = 25[/tex]

      The standard deviation is [tex]\sigma = 5 \ minutes[/tex]

      The random number  [tex]x = 40[/tex]

Given that the time taken is  normally distributed  the probability is mathematically represented as

     [tex]P(X > x) = P[\frac{X -\mu}{\sigma } > \frac{x -\mu}{\sigma } ][/tex]

Generally the z-score for the normally distributed data set is mathematically represented as

        [tex]z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma }[/tex]

So  

     [tex]P(X > x) = P[Z > \frac{40 -25}{5 } ][/tex]

    [tex]P(X > x) = 0.0013499[/tex]

This value is obtained from the z-table