A store sells ground meat in small, medium, and large sizes. The weights of the small size packages have a mean weight of 1 pound and a standard deviation of 0.1 pound. If the distribution of weights for the small size packages of ground meat is approximately normally distributed, which of the following is the best estimate of the probability that a randomly selected small size package has a weight less than 0.9 pound? a
0.025
b
0.16
c
0.32
d
0.68

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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