In Pant Science (May 2010), a group of Japanese environmental scientists investigated the ability of a hybrid tomato plant to produce miraculin. (Miraculin is a protein naturally produced in a rare tropical fruit that can convert a sour taste into a sweet taste).For a particular generation of the tomato plant, the amount x of miraculin produced had a mean of 105.3 and a standard deviation of 8.0. Assume that x is normally distributed. a) Find P(x > 120) b) P(100 < x < 110) c) Find the value a for which P(x < a) = .25

a) P(x > 120) = 0.03288

b) P(100 < x < 110) = 0.46777

c) value of a for which P(x < a) = 0.25

a = 99.91

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a normal distribution problem with

Mean = μ = 105.3

Standard deviation = σ = 8.0

a) P(x > 120)

To work this, we first need To convert 120 go standardized/normalized/z-scores.

The standardized score for any value is the value minus the mean then divided by the standard deviation.

z = (x - μ)/σ = (120 - 105.3)/8.0 = 1.84

To determine P(x > 120) = P(z > 1.84)

We use the tables for these probabilities now.

P(x > 120) = P(z > 1.84) = 1 - P(z ≤ 1.84) = 1 - 0.96712 = 0.03288

b) P(100 < x < 110)

We normalize the two value in the inequality

For 100,

z = (x - μ)/σ = (100 - 105.3)/8.0 = -0.66

For 110,

z = (x - μ)/σ = (110 - 105.3)/8.0 = 0.59

To determine P(100 < x < 110) = P(-0.66 < z < 0.59)

We use the tables for these probabilities now.

P(100 < x < 110) = P(-0.66 < z < 0.59) = P(z < 0.59) - P(z < -0.66) = 0.72240 - 0.25463 = 0.46777

c) value of a for which P(x < a) = .25

Let the z-score of a be z'

z' = (x - μ)/σ = (a - 105.3)/8.0

P(x < a) = P(z < z') = 0.25

Using the table, z' = - 0.674

-0.674 = (a - 105.3)/8

a - 105.3 = -5.392

a = 105.3 - 5.392 = 99.91

Hope this Helps!!!

+25 = x

step-by-step explanation:

here x is the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs are 7 and 24.   by the pythagorean theorem, 7² + 24² must equal x²:

x² = 49 + 576 = 625.   thus, x = +√625 = +25 = x

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.