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by neetusanjay » Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:03 pm
Need help with below questions..

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Smalltown Elevator produces elevator rails. To meet specifications, an elevator rail must be between 0.995 inches and 1.005 inches in diameter. Suppose that the diameter of an elevator rail follows a normal random variable with mean of 1 inch and standard deviation of 0.003 inches. Rounded to the nearest one tenth of one percent, what fraction of all elevator rails will meet specifications?

90.4%
95.2%
93.4%
97.3%
None of the above
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:09 am
would you mind breaking these up into different posts?
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by [email protected] » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:08 pm
Hi neetusanjay,

These don't appear to be GMAT questions. If you're studying for the GMAT, then you won't see questions of this type.

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by Matt@VeritasPrep » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:44 pm
If if I remember my stats (it's been about eight years, so I'm not sure I'm right about any of these):

The first one is A (90.4%)
The second one is C (4.77%)
The third one is unclear - by number does the question mean "integer" or "real number"? Assuming this is for a continuous uniform distribution, you have f(x) = 1/(b-a) = 1/(100-0) = 1/100, or A (1%)

These are not even remotely GMAT questions, however.
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by neetusanjay » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:02 pm
Thank you Matt. Really appreciate your response.
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