Researchers at a drug company are testing the duration of a new pain reliever. The drug is normally distributed with a
mean duration of 240 minutes (4 hours) and a standard deviation of 40 minutes. The drug is administered to a
random sample of 10 people. (Round means, standard deviations, and z-scores to the nearest hundredth, if
necessary.)
1. What is the population mean? 240
✓ (in minutes)
2. What is the population standard deviation? 40
✓ (in minutes)
3. What is the sample size? ,10
4. Can normal approximation be use for this problem?
Yes, it is given that the population distribution is normally distributed
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5. What is the mean of the sample means? 240
✓ (in minutes)
6. What is the standard deviation of the sample means? 12.65
What is the probability that the drug will wear off in less than 200 minutes?
1. What is the z-score? 0.2
X
2. What is the requested probability? P(x =
<
200
✓= 0.91
x
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What is the probability that the drug will wear off after 220 minutes?
1. What is the z-score?
-2
X
2. What is the requested probability? P(x =
>
220
✓ = 0.866
X
What is the probability that the drug will wear off between 200 and 220 minutes?
1. P(200 < x < 220)
=
0.418
X
