Thread: Help with normal Distribution

Hi, I wondered if someone on here could kindly help with one of my maths questions for my course as I can't seem to get my head round this and am hopin someone could put me in the right direction if possible, heres the question.......

The Lengths of pins produced by a machine follow a normal distribution with mean of 2.54cm and a standard deviation of 0.04cm. A pin is rejected if the length is less than 2.44cm or more than 2.60cm

a) What is the percentage of pins accepted

b) If it is decided that 2.5% of the pins are to be rejected because they are too short and 2.5% because they are too long, what is the new range of acceptable lengths


Would really appreciate any help on this

Originally Posted by sparkeeuk

Hi, I wondered if someone on here could kindly help with one of my maths questions for my course as I can't seem to get my head round this and am hopin someone could put me in the right direction if possible, heres the question.......

The Lengths of pins produced by a machine follow a normal distribution with mean of 2.54cm and a standard deviation of 0.04cm. A pin is rejected if the length is less than 2.44cm or more than 2.60cm

a) What is the percentage of pins accepted

b) If it is decided that 2.5% of the pins are to be rejected because they are too short and 2.5% because they are too long, what is the new range of acceptable lengths


Would really appreciate any help on this

a) Calculate Pr(2.44 < X < 2.60) = Pr(X < 2.60) - Pr(X < 2.44). How these are calculated will depend on how you've been taught. Your textbook and class notes will have many examples on how to calculate these two probabilities. Remember to convert the answer into a percentage.

b) Find the value of a such that Pr(X < a) = 0.025, find the value of b such that Pr(X > b) = 0.025. You need to do an inverse normal probability calculation. Again, your textbook and class notes will have many examples to follow.

Hi,
The problem is about a random variable X that has a normal distribution, such that:

A : the event that represent the accepted pins
B : the event that represent the rejected pins
It's clear that B = A' then P(B) = 1 - P(A).
and :

P(A) = 0.99244 => %A = 99.244% accepted

Originally Posted by salim

Hi,
The problem is about a random variable X that has a normal distribution, such that:

A : the event that represent the accepted pins
B : the event that represent the rejected pins
It's clear that B = A' then P(B) = 1 - P(A).
and :

P(A) = 0.99244 => %A = 99.244% accepted

It is highly unlikely that the OP will be calculating probabilities from the pdf.

The OP will be using tables, s/he needs to get help from his/her instructor on how to use those tables.