OPRE 506

The owner of a fish market has a very peculiar assistant who has determined that the weights of catfish are normally distributed with a mean of 3.2 pounds and a standard deviation of .8 pound. If a sample of 25 fish yields a mean of 3.6 pounds, what is the z score for the observation? 

  • A. 18.750
  • B. 2.50
  • C. A gazillion. 
  • D. .750