Tutorial 8 – Questions and Solutions
Part 1: Working with the Standard Normal distribution (Z)
Questions 1 to 5: Calculate the following probabilities for Z~N(0;1):
Question 1:
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(−2,05 ; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
P(Z < –2.05) = 0.0202
Question 2:
= 1 − 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(−2,05 ; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
P(Z > –2.05)
= 1 – P(Z < –2.05)
= 1 – 0.0202
= 0.9798
Question 3: = 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(1,73; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
− 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(0,5; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
P(0.5 < Z < 1.73)
= P(Z<1.73 ) – P(Z<0.5)
= 0.9582 – 0.6915
= 0.2667
Question 4:
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(1,28; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
P( –1.28 < Z < 1.28) − 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(−1,28; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
= P(Z<1.28) – P(Z< –1.28)
= 0.8997 – 0.1003
= 0.7994 ≈ 0.80
Question 5: = 1 − 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(1,45 ; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
P(Z > 1.45)
= 1 – P(Z<1.45)
= 1 – 0.9265
= 0.0735
Questions 6 to 11: Finding percentiles for Z~N(0;1).
Question 6: Find the z-value that has an area under the Z-curve of 0.1292 to its left.
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,1292)
Question 7: Find the z-value that has an area under the Z-curve of 0.65 to its left.
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,65)
Question 8: Find the z-value such that the area under the Z-curve to its right is 0.019.
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,981)
Question 9: Find the z-value such that the area under the Z-curve to its right is 0.99.
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,01)
Question 10: Find the positive z-value such that the area under the standard normal curve
between 0 and z is 0.2642.
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,7642)
Question 11: Find the value c, c<0, such that the area under the standard normal curve
between c and –c is 0.9164.
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝑆. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,0418)
Part 2: Working with X~N( µ ; σ2 )
P.T.O.
Questions 12 to 16 are based on the following information:
Suppose random variable 𝑋 is normally distributed with a mean on 320 and a variance of 81.
Question 12:
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(300; 320; 9; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
≈ 0.013
Question 13:
= 1 − 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(338; 320; 9; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
Question 14:
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(335; 320; 9; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
− 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(315; 320; 9; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
≈ 0.66
Question 15:
Find the x-value that has 70% of the other values smaller than it. = 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,7; 320; 9)
≈ 325
Question 16:
Find the x-value that has 70% of the other values larger than it. = 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,3; 320; 9)
≈ 315
Table on next page.
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following information:
Your firm has a contract to make new uniforms for a large chain of restaurants. It is known
that the heights of the employees follow a normal distribution with an average of 172 cm
and a standard deviation of 8 cm.
Solution:
Let 𝑋 = ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝑋~𝑁(172; 82 )
Question 17
What percentage of the uniforms should be made to fit employees who are taller than 176
cm?
𝑃(𝑋 > 176)
= 1 − 𝑃(𝑋 < 176)
Excel:
= 1 − 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(176; 172; 8; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
As a percentage: 30.85
Question 18
What percentage of the uniforms should be made to fit employees with heights between
154 cm and 168 cm?
EXCEL:
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(168; 172; 8; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
− 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇(154; 172; 8; 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸)
As a percentage: 29.63
Question 19
The shortest 15% of employees are at most (approximately) 𝑘 cm tall. What is the value of
𝑘?
= 𝑁𝑂𝑅𝑀. 𝐼𝑁𝑉(0,15; 172; 8)
≈ 164
Question 20
Your firm individually wraps the uniforms and labels them by size. Suppose, during the
distribution of the uniforms, one is found to be unlabelled. If it is given to an employee who
is the average height, what is the probability that the uniform will be too small?
