Western lowland gorillas, whose main habitat is the central African continent, have a mean weight of 275

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Western lowland gorillas, whose main habitat is the central African continent, have a mean weight of 275 pounds with a standard deviation of 40 pounds. Capuchin monkeys, whose main habitat is Brazil and a few other parts of Latin America, have a mean weight of 6 pounds with a standard deviation of 1.1 pounds. Both weight distributions are approximately Normally distributed. If a particular western lowland gorilla is known to weigh 345 pounds, approximately how much would a capuchin monkey have to weigh, in pounds, to have the same standardized weight as the lowland gorilla?

(a) 4.08

(c) 7.93

(b) 7.27

(d) 8.20

(e) There is not enough information to determine the weight of a capuchin monkey.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781464108730

5th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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