On average, the Sunflower Fruit Mart sells 24 kilograms of apples daily with a standard deviation of 3 kilograms. If the market sells 38 kilograms of apples in one day, what is number of deviations from the mean?

A.
5
B.
4
C.
4.66
D.
14

Question

On average, the Sunflower Fruit Mart sells 24 kilograms of apples daily with a standard deviation of 3 kilograms. If the market sells 38 kilograms of apples in one day, what is number of deviations from the mean?

A. 
5
B. 
4
C. 
4.66
D. 
14

charge69 · Answer

It's asking for the z-score:
population SD=3
population mean=24
X=38
z-score=38-24/3
=14/3
=4.77
option C