Question

The following dataset contains 26 measurements of the heat of sublimation of platinum in kcal/mol. 135.8 134.8 135.0 136.3 136.6 147.8 148.8 134.8 135.8 134.3 135.2 Click here to download the MATLAB data file 135.4 135.2 133.7 134.7 134.9 134.4 135.0 146,5 134.1 141.2 134.8 143.3 135.4 134.5 134.9 = 137.04615 s = 4.448661 According to a Normal probability model for the heat of sublimation of platinum (X) with population mean 135.0 kcal/mol and standard deviation 5.0 kcal/mol, evaluate the value of c such that P(X<c) = 0.15 Select one: O a. 137.80 kcal/mol O b. 140.18 kcal/mol O c. 129.82 kcal/mol O d. 114.75 kcal/mol O e. 132.20 kcal/mol

Answer 1

The solution to this problem is given by

Solution Given Whore XuNlinga) M = G(K) = 135.0 T = SDCX) = 5,0 PL X=C) 2015 > Pl Xhu L C4) 2015 =) Plze Cape) = 0.15 where y is a standard normal variate Alljo Plz210636) = 015 Combering , we get C-M= -1.036 T c = M-10360 135 – 1.036 (5) Ans. (C) 199.82 Kral i mol