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The length of a pregnancy from conception to birth varies normally with mean 266 days and standard deviation 6 days.
1. What is the probability that a woman chosen at random has a pregnancy lasting more than 270 days?
2. What is the probability that a SRS of 16 women have pregnancies averaging more than 270 days?
3. Why did the probability decrease from number 1 to number 2?
4. What is the probability that a SRS of 50 women have pregnancies averaging more than 270 days?
5. Why did the probability decrease from number 2 to number 4?
6. What is the probability that a woman chosen at random has a pregnancy lasting less than 255 days?
7. What is the probability that a SRS of 20 woman chosen at random have a pregnancies averaging less than 255 days?
8. What is the probability that a woman chosen at random has a pregnancy lasting between 260 and 270 days?
9. What is the probability that a SRS of 20 woman chosen at random have a pregnancies averaging between 260 and 270 days?
10. Why did the probability increase from number 8 to number 9?