Example 2: gas mileage and the normal distribution
a normal curve is a smooth curve that is symmetric and bell shaped. data distributions that are mound shaped are often modeled using a normal curve, and we say that such a
distribution is approximately normal. one example of a distribution that is approximately normal is the distribution of compy heights from example 1. distributions that are approximately
normal occur in many different settings. for example, a salesman kept track of the gas mileage for his car
over a 25-week span.
the mileages (miles per gallon rounded to the nearest whole number) were
23, 27, 27, 28, 25, 26, 25, 29, 26, 27, 24, 26, 26, 24, 27, 25, 28, 25, 26, 25, 29, 26, 27, 24, 26.

Tiara buys the pizza shown below: a circular pizza is shown. the edge of one slice is marked ab. what does the curve ab represent?

Solve the problem by using a venn diagram a group of students were surveyed about their taste in music.they were asked how they like three types of music: rock, country western and jazz.the results are summarized below: no one dislikes all three types of music.six like all three types of music.eleven don’t like country western.sixteen like jazz.three like country western and jazz, but not rock.six don’t like rock.eight like rock and country western.seven don’t like jazz.how many students were surveyed?

Aking and his army will attempt to capture a fortress. the left and right flanks break off from the main group to attack the west and east guard towers. suppose the left flank has a 60% chance of success and the right flank has a 75% chance of success, independently of one another. if both flanks capture their respective targets, then the king has a 98% chance of successfully taking the fort. if, however, only the left flank captures its tower, the king has an 80% chance of success; if only the right flank succeeds, the king has a 50% chance. if both flanks fail, then the king's chance of capturing the fort drops to 20%. it turns out the king captures the fort. what is the probability that one, and only one, flank was successful (either the left, or the right, but not both)? (round your answer to 3 decimal places)