During the past six months,73.2% of US households purchased sugar.Assume that these expenditures are approximately normally distributed with a mean of $8.22 and a standard deviation of $1.10. Find the probability that a household spent less than $5.00
A).9983
B)0.000
C)1.00
D)0.0017

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To find the probability that a household spent less than $5.00, we calculate the z-score: z = (5.00 - 8.22) / 1.10 = -2.927. Using the standard normal distribution table, the probability corresponding to z = -2.927 is approximately 0.0017.

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