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The average year to date gain for bound mutual funds is 5.14%. Assume that the year to date returns are distributed as a normal random variable with a mean of 5.14 and a standard deviation of 4.00. If n=16, what is the probability that the sample mean is between 3% and 7%?

2007-05-12 17:13:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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The new standard deviation, using the central limit theorem, is 4/sqrt(16)=1. Therefore,
(3-5.14)/1=-2.14 is the low z value
(7-5.14)/1=1.86
Therefore, using a z-table or the normalcdf function on the ti83, the answer is .9523

2007-05-12 17:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0 0

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