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Olive weights are classified according to a unique set of adjectives implying great size. For example, the mean weight of olives classified as "Colossal" is 7.7 grams. Suppose a particular companyâ€™s crop of "Colossal" olives is approximately Normally distributed with a mean of 7.7 grams and a standard deviation of 0.2 grams. Which of the following represents the probability that the mean weight of a random sample of 3 olives from this population is greater than 8 grams? a. 0.0970
b. 0.9953
c. 0.0668
d. 0.0047
e. 0.1932

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You can calculate the z score for the specified sample and then use the z tables to find the p value(probability) needed.

The probability that the mean weight of a random sample of 3 olives from this population is greater than 8 grams is given by

Option d : 0.0047

How to find the z score for a sample taken from a normal distribution holding random variate?

Suppose that the sample is of size 'n', then we have the z score(we are converting random variable X to standard random variable Z) as:

$Z = \dfrac{X - \overline{x}}{s} = \dfrac{X - \mu}{\sigma/\sqrt{n}}$

where $\overline{x}$ is mean of the sample

s is the standard deviation of the sample,

and we used the central limit theorem which says that a sample from a normally distributed population with $mean = \mu$ and standard deviation = $\sigma$ can have its mean approximated by population mean and its standard deviation approximated by $s = \dfrac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$

Using the data given to find the intended probability

Let the weight of the the olives for the given crop of olives of a particular company for taken random sample is given by X (a random variable)

Then, we have:

$X \sim N(7.7, 0.2)$

where

$\mu = 7.7, \sigma = 0.2$

Thus, we have:

$\overline{x} = \mu, s = \sigma/\sqrt{n} = 0.2/\sqrt{3}$

Using the given facts, we get the needed probability as:

P( X 8) sample size n = 3)

Then, using the z score, we get):

$P(X 8) = 1 - P(X \leq 8) = 1 - P(Z \leq \dfrac{8 - 7.7}{0.2/\sqrt{3}})\\\\P(X 8)=1- P(Z \leq \dfrac{0.3\sqrt{3}}{0.2}) = 1- P(Z \leq 1.5 \times \sqrt{3} )\\\\P(X 8) = 1 - P(Z \leq 2.59) = 1- 0.9952 \approx 0.0047$

Thus,

The probability that the mean weight of a random sample of 3 olives from this population is greater than 8 grams is given by

Option d : 0.0047

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d. 0.0047

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this question, we need to understand the normal probability distribution and the central limit theorem.

Normal probability distribution

When the distribution is normal, we use the z-score formula.

In a set with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the zscore of a measure X is given by:

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem estabilishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $s = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$ .

For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.

Population:

We have that $\mu = 7.7, \sigma = 0.2$

Sample of 3:

$n = 3, s = \frac{0.2}{\sqrt{3}} = 0.1155$

Which of the following represents the probability that the mean weight of a random sample of 3 olives from this population is greater than 8 grams?

This is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 8. So

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

By the Central Limit Theorem

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{s}$

$Z = \frac{8 - 7.7}{0.1155}$

Z = 2.6

Z = 2.6 has a pvalue of 0.9953

1 - 0.9953 = 0.0047

The probability is given by option d.

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step-by-step explanation:

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