a) A bank has determined that the monthly balances of the saving
accounts of its customers are normally distributed, with an average
balance of $1200 and a standard deviation of $250.
i. What proportions of the customers have monthly balances between
$950 and $1075?
ii. If a sample of 30 customers was randomly selected, what is the
probability that the average of this sample will be between $950
and $1075?
b) Suppose that you want to estimate the mean of the above
customer’s population (Part “a” above) to within $50 with 95%
confidence. What sample size should you use for this task?
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