The mean rent of an apartment is $780. You randomly select 9 apartments. Compute the probability that the mean rent is less than $825.?

2018-03-11 3:14 pm
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Assume that the rents are normally distributed with a mean of $780 and standard deviation of $150. Anybody can help with workings. Thxs alot

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2018-03-11 10:07 pm
Mean μ = 780
Standard deviation σ = 150
Standard error σ / √ n = 150 / √ 9 = 50
standardize xbar to z = (xbar - μ) / (σ / √ n )
P(xbar < 825) = P( z < (825-780) / 50)
= P(z < 0.9) = 0.8159 <---------- probability that the mean rent is less than $825
(from normal probability table)
2018-03-11 5:19 pm
Unable to answer this question without additional data. From what distribution? Is it normally distributed? What is the standard deviation? Do you know how to compute a z-score? How to use a z-table?

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“Assume that the rents are normally distributed with a mean of $780 and standard deviation of $150.

You randomly select 9 apartments. Compute the probability that the mean rent is less than $825.”

Now you know the distribution of the means: normal with mean 780 and standard deviation 150/√9 = 150/3 = 50.

Z-score is (825-780)/50 = 45/50 = +.90

From a z table
P(Z < .90) = .81594 ~ .82 ~ 82%


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