I have problem with question 54 (Tires) from chapter 5 (The
standard Deviation as a ruler and the normal model) fifth edition
of Intro Stats (by De VEAUX/VELLEMAN/BOCK) . Please help me.
Question is:
A tire manufacturer believes that the
treadlife of its snow tires can be described by a Normal model with
a mean of 32,000 miles and standard deviation of 25000 miles.
- If you buy one of these tires, would it be reasonable for you
to hope it will last 40,000 miles? Explain.
- Approximately what fraction of these tires can be expected to
last than 30,000 miles?
- Approximately what fraction of these tires can be expected to
last between 30,000 and 35,000?
- Estimate the IQR of the treadlives.
- In planning a marketing strategy, a local tire dealer wants to
offer a refund to any customer whose tire fail to last a certain
number of miles. However, the dealer does not want to take too big
risk. If the dealer is willing to give refunds to no more than 1 of
every 25 customers, for what mileage can he guarantee these tires
to last?