suppose an elevator has a maximum capacity of 16 passengers with a total weight of 2500Lb. Assuming a worst case scenario in which the passengers are all male, what are the chances the elevator is overlloaded? Assume male weights follow a norml distribution with a mean of 182.9 Ib and a standard deviation of 40.8 Ib. A. for this problem is it necessary to use the central limit theorem? B. find the probability that 1 randomly eleced male has a weight greater than 156.25 Ib.

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suppose an elevator has a maximum capacity of 16 passengers with a total weight of 2500Lb. Assuming a worst case scenario in which the passengers are all male, what are the chances the elevator is overlloaded? Assume male weights follow a norml distribution with a mean of 182.9 Ib and a standard deviation of 40.8 Ib.

A. for this problem is it necessary to use the central limit theorem?

B. find the probability that 1 randomly eleced male has a weight greater than 156.25 Ib.

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