The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released hourly wage figures
for various countries for workers in the manufacturing sector. The
hourly wage was $30.67 for Switzerland, $20.20 for Japan, and
$23.82 for the U.S. Assume that in all three countries, the
standard deviation of hourly labor rates is $4.00.
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a. Suppose 40 manufacturing workers are selected
randomly from across Switzerland and asked what their hourly wage
is. What is the probability that the sample average will be between
$30.00 and $31.00?
Here, μ = 30.67, σ = 4/sqrt(40) = 0.6325, x1 = 30 and x2 = 31.
z = (x - μ)/σ
z1 = (30 - 30.67)/0.6325 = -1.06
z2 = (31 - 30.67)/0.6325 = 0.52
Therefore, we get
P(30 <= X <= 31) = P((31 - 30.67)/0.6325) <= z <= (31 -
30.67)/0.6325)
= P(-1.06 <= z <= 0.52) = P(z <= 0.52) - P(z <=
-1.06)
= 0.6985 - 0.1446
= 0.5539
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