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Garrulous

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A circus performer who gets shot from a cannon is supposed to land in a safety net positioned at the other end of the arena. The distance he travels is normally distributed with a mean of 175 feet and a standard deviation of 15 feet. His landing net is 50 feet long and the mid-point of the net is positioned 175 feet from the cannon. What is the probability that the performer will miss the net on a given night?

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Calculate the mean of the sample means.


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yotaSR5

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

0.095

Answer to Question 2

1.75


Garrulous

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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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