Suppose the amount of heating oil used annually by households in Ontario is normally distributed with a mean of 760 liters per household per year and a standard deviation of 150 liters of heating oil per household per year. What is the probability that a randomly selected Ontario household uses more than 570 liters of heating oil per year?
Given
= 760
= 150
Now calculate p( x > 570)
P(x > 570) = 0.5 + P(0 < z < x-/)
We know that x = 570
= 0.5 + P( 0 < z < 570-760/150)
= 0.5 + P(0 < z < -1.27)
= 0.5 + 0.3980
P( x > 570) = 0.8980
Probability that Ontario household uses more than 570 liter of heating oil per year is 0.8980.
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