The energy information administration reported that the mean retail price per gallon of regular grade gasoline was $3.43. Suppose that standard deviation was $0.10 and that the retail price per gallon has a bell shaped distribution.

What percentage of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.53 per gallon?
What percentage of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.63 per gallon?
What percentage of regular grade gasoline sold for more than $3.63 per gallon?

68.26% of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.53 per gallon

81.85% of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.63 per gallon

2.28% of regular grade gasoline sold for more than $3.63 per gallon

Step-by-step explanation:

Problems of normally distributed samples can be solved using the z-score formula.

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

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.

In this problem, we have that:

What percentage of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.53 per gallon?

This is the pvalue of Z when X = 3.53 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 3.33. So

X = 3.53

has a pvalue of 0.8413

X = 3.33

has a pvalue of 0.1587

0.8413 - 0.1587 = 0.6826

68.26% of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.53 per gallon

What percentage of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.63 per gallon?

This is the pvalue of Z when X = 3.53 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 3.33. So

X = 3.63

has a pvalue of 0.9772

X = 3.33

has a pvalue of 0.1587

0.9772 - 0.1587 = 0.8185

81.85% of regular grade gasoline sold between $3.33 and $3.63 per gallon

What percentage of regular grade gasoline sold for more than $3.63 per gallon?

This is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 3.63. So

has a pvalue of 0.9772

1 - 0.9772 = 0.0228

2.28% of regular grade gasoline sold for more than $3.63 per gallon

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step-by-step explanation:

in standard form:

a= dictionaries

b= maps

you have to buy 3 dictionaries, so put a 3 next to the a (dictionaries) so that you can multiply them by each other.

a3+b= 60 (the amount of money you have)

we already know the cost of a=15 so replace a with $15

($15 x 3)+b=60

multiply 15 and 3 to get $45 and replace it with $45

45+b=60

and then replace b with 15 to get the total:

45+15=60

that means you have $15 left after buying 3 dictionaries.

15 divided by the cost of a map ($5) equals 3.

so you can buy 3 maps.

sorry if it was confusing!