The average age of doctors in a certain hospital is 45.0 years old. Suppose the distribution of ages is normal and has a standard deviation of 8.0 years. If 9 doctors are chosen at random for a committee, find the probability that the average age of those doctors is less than 46.9 years. Assume that the variable is normally distributed.

Respuesta :

Answer: 0.7619

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Mean : [tex]\mu=45.0 [/tex]

Standard deviation : [tex]\sigma =8.0[/tex]

Sample size : [tex]n=9[/tex]

We assume that the variable is normally distributed.

The value of z-score is given by :-

[tex]z=\dfrac{x-\mu}{\dfrac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}[/tex]

a) For x= 46.9 years

[tex]z=\dfrac{46.9-45.0}{\dfrac{8}{\sqrt{9}}}=0.7125[/tex]

The p-value : [tex]P(z<0.7125)=0.7619224\approx0.7619[/tex]

Hence, the  probability that the average age of those doctors is less than 46.9 years =0.7619