manufacturer knows that their items have a normally distributed
lifespan, with a mean of 8.4 years, and standard deviation of 2.3
years. If you randomly purchase 8 items, what is the probability
that their mean life will be longer than 6 years?
sample size (n)= 8 < 30..but the sample is from a normal population..so we can say that the sample mean will follow a normal distribution with:-
the probability that their mean life will be longer than 6 years is :-
[ in any blank cell of excel type =NORMSDIST(-2.9513) ]
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