(a)
\Americas chew an average of
sticks of gum per year.
Therefore,
.
Standard deviation is
sticks.
Find the probability that
people chew an average of
sticks or more per year.
Here
.
Find
.
Standard deviation of a sample mean is
.
Substitute
and
in the formula.

.
Use the
-value formula for a sample mean to find the
-value for
.
-value formula:
.
Substitute
,
and
.

.
Find the probability.
\
Using
score table:
The area for
is
.

.
Probability that
people chew an average of
sticks or more per year is
.
(b)
\Sample size is
.
Find the probability that an average number of sticks is between
and
per year.
Find
.
Standard deviation of a sample mean is
.
Substitute
and
in the formula.

.
Use the
-value formula for a sample mean to find the
-value for
and
.
Find
-value for
.
-value formula:
.
Substitute
,
and
.

.
Using
-score calculator:
The area for
is
.
Find
-value for
.
-value formula:
.
Substitute
,
and
.

.
Using
score calculator:
The area for
is
.
Find the probability.
\
\ \

. \ \
Probability that an average number of sticks is between
and
per year is
.
(a) Probability that
people chew an average of
sticks or more per year is
.
(b) Probability that an average number of sticks is between
and
per year is
. \ \