One classic use of the normal distribution is inspired by a letter to Dear Abbey in which a wife
Claimed to have given birth 308 days after a brief visit from her husband, who was serving in the
Navy. The lengths of pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 268 days and a standard
Deviation of 15 days. Given this information.
(i. the probability of a pregnancy lasting 300 days or longer is 0.0166.
(ii. The result suggests that the husband is the father of the child.
A) (i) and (ii) are correct statements.
B) (i) is a correct statement but not (ii) .
C) (ii) is a correct statement but not (i) .
D) (i) and (ii) are false statements.
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