Cans of regular Coke are labeled as containing 12 oz. Statistics students weighted the content of 5 randomly chosen cans, and found the mean weight to be 12.13. Assume that cans of Coke are filled so that the actual amounts are normally distributed with a mean of 12.00 oz and a standard deviation of 0.12 oz. Find the probability that a sample of 5 cans will have a mean amount of at least 12.13 oz.

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Answer: 0.0078

Step-by-step explanation:

We assume that cans of Coke are filled so that the actual amounts are normally distributed with a mean of 12.00 oz and a standard deviation of 0.12 oz.

As per given , we have

[tex]\mu=12.00\ oz[/tex]  and [tex]\sigma=0.12\ oz[/tex]

Sample size : n= 5

Let [tex]\overline{X}[/tex] be the sample mean amount of coke in can.

Then, the  probability that a sample of 5 cans will have a mean amount of at least 12.13 oz will be :_

[tex]P(\overline{x}\geq12.13)=1-P(\overline{x}<12.13)\\\\=1-P(\dfrac{\overline{x}-\mu}{\dfrac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}<\dfrac{12.13-12.00}{\dfrac{0.12}{\sqrt{5}}})[/tex]

[tex]=1-P(z<2.42)\ \ \ [\because \ z=\dfrac{\overline{x}-\mu}{\dfrac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}][/tex]

[tex]= 1-0.9922=0.0078[/tex]  [By using z-table]

Hence, the required probability = 0.0078

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