Questions: The weights of the chocolate in Hershey Kisses are normally distributed with a mean of 4.5338 g and a standard deviation of 0.1039 g.
a. For the bell-shaped graph of the normal distribution of weights of Hershey Kisses, what is the area under the curve?
b. What is the value of the median?
a. For the bell-shaped graph of the normal distribution of weights of Hershey Kisses, what is the area under the curve? (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.)
b. What is the value of the median? g (Round to four decimal places as needed.)
Transcript text: The weights of the chocolate in Hershey Kisses are normally distributed with a mean of 4.5338 g and a standard deviation of 0.1039 g.
a. For the bell-shaped graph of the normal distribution of weights of Hershey Kisses, what is the area under the curve?
b. What is the value of the median?
a. For the bell-shaped graph of the normal distribution of weights of Hershey Kisses, what is the area under the curve?
(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.)
b. What is the value of the median?
$g$ (Round to four decimal places as needed.)
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Area Under the Curve
For a normal distribution, the area under the curve is always equal to 1. This represents the total probability of all possible outcomes.
\[
\text{Area under the curve} = 1.0
\]
Step 2: Value of the Median
In a normal distribution, the mean (\( \mu \)) is equal to the median. Given that the mean weight of the Hershey Kisses is \( 4.5338 \, g \), we can conclude that:
\[
\text{Median} = \mu = 4.5338 \, g
\]
Final Answer
\[
\text{Area under the curve} = \boxed{1.0}
\]
\[
\text{Median} = \boxed{4.5338 \, g}
\]