The lengths of Indian cobra snakes are normally distributed with mean 125cm and standard deviation 8cm.
(a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen Indian cobra has a length between 105cm and 135cm.
(3)
The masses of Indian cobras are normally distributed with mean 2.5kg and standard deviation σkg. It is known that 81% of Indian cobras have a mass less than 2.7kg.
(b) Find the value of σ.
(3)
A random sample of 80 Indian cobras is taken.
(c) Use an approximation to find the probability that fewer than 60 of these 80 Indian cobras have a mass less than 2.7kg.
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