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XX is a normally distributed random variable with mean 4343 and standard deviation 1111. What is the probability that XX is between 4141 and 4545? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth.

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Q. XX is a normally distributed random variable with mean 4343 and standard deviation 1111. What is the probability that XX is between 4141 and 4545? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth.
  1. Given Data: Mean (μ\mu) is 4343 and standard deviation (σ\sigma) is 1111. We need to find P(41 < X < 45).
  2. Calculate z-score for X=41X = 41: First, calculate the z-score for X=41X = 41. Z=Xμσ=414311=2110.1818Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma} = \frac{41 - 43}{11} = \frac{-2}{11} \approx -0.1818.
  3. Calculate z-score for X=45X = 45: Now, calculate the z-score for X=45X = 45. Z=Xμσ=454311=2110.1818Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma} = \frac{45 - 43}{11} = \frac{2}{11} \approx 0.1818.
  4. Use 0.680.68-0.950.95-0.9970.997 Rule: Using the 0.680.68-0.950.95-0.9970.997 rule, we know that approximately 68%68\% of the data falls within one standard deviation of the mean. However, our zz-scores are less than 11, so we need to estimate the probability for this smaller range.
  5. Estimate Probability Range: Since the z-scores 0.1818-0.1818 and 0.18180.1818 are close to 00, we can estimate that the probability P(41 < X < 45) is less than 34%34\% (which is half of 68%68\%). We need to look up the exact values in the z-table or use a calculator for more precision.
  6. Find Exact Probabilities: After looking up the z-scores in the z-table or using a calculator, we find that the probability for z=0.1818z = -0.1818 is approximately 0.42810.4281 and for z=0.1818z = 0.1818 is approximately 0.57190.5719.

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