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Gauss M.D.
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Homework Statement
The time it takes for a nurse to look up a patient journal is uniformly distributed between three and seven minutes. One morning there's 96 journal orders for the nurse to take care of.
Calculate the probability that she will get them all done during an eight hour work day, with no more than 15 minutes overtime. Assume normal distribution.
Homework Equations
Let X = number of minutes to look up one journal
The Attempt at a Solution
First, the probability function f(x) = 0.25 for 3 < x < 7
E(X) = int(0.25x dx) = 5
V(X) = E((X-5)^2) =
[itex]\int 1/4(x-5)^2 dx = 1/12(x-5)^3 _{(3 to 7)} = 4/3[/itex]
σx = 2/√3
Let Y = 96X.
E(Y) = 96E(X) = 480
This is where I'm not sure:
σy = 96σx = 111
Y = N(480,111)
P(Y < 8*60+15) = P(Y < 495)
We are 15/111 = 0.136 standard deviations above expectation.
P(Y < 495) = P(Z < 0.136) = roughly 0.55
The answer says P(Y < 495) = P(Z < 1.36) so I'm probably missing something dumb? Re-done my calcs four times now :(