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Sushi rice (in bags) have a Normal distribution with a mean of 20.5 kg and a standard deviation of 0.25 kg. Australian rice (in bags) have a Normal distribution with a mean of 20.3 kg and a standard deviation of 0.36 kg. If 25 bags of Sushi rice and 25 bags of Australian rice are randomly chosen:Find the parameters (mean and standard deviation) for the total weight of 25 bags of Sushi rice and for the total weight of 25 bags of Australian rice.

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Sushi rice (in bags) have a Normal distribution with a mean of 20.5 kg and a standard deviation of 0.25 kg. Australian rice (in bags) have a Normal distribution with a mean of 20.3 kg and a standard deviation of 0.36 kg. If 25 bags of Sushi rice and 25 bags of Australian rice are randomly chosen:Find the parameters (mean and standard deviation) for the total weight of 25 bags of Sushi rice and for the total weight of 25 bags of Australian rice.

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To find the parameters for the total weight of 25 bags of Sushi rice and Australian rice, we can use the properties of the Normal distribution.

For the total weight of 25 bags of Sushi rice, we know that the mean weight of each bag is 20.5 kg and the standard deviation is 0.25 kg. Since we are adding 25 bags together, the mean of the total weight would be 25 multiplied by the mean weight of each bag, which is 25 * 20.5 = 512.5 kg.

To find the standard deviation of the total weight, we can use the property that the standard deviation of the sum of independent random variables is equal to the square root of the sum of their variances. Since all the bags of Sushi rice are independent, the variance of the total weight would be 25 multiplied by the variance of each bag, which is 25 * (0.25)^2 = 1.5625 kg^2. Therefore, the standard deviation of the total weight would be the square root of 1.5625, which is approximately 1.25 kg.

For the total weight of 25 bags of Australian rice, we can follow the same steps. The mean weight of each bag is 20.3 kg and the standard deviation is 0.36 kg. The mean of the total weight would be 25 * 20.3 = 507.5 kg.

The variance of the total weight would be 25 * (0.36)^2 = 3.24 kg^2. Therefore, the standard deviation of the total weight would be the square root of 3.24, which is approximately 1.8 kg.

So, the parameters for the total weight of 25 bags of Sushi rice are a mean of 512.5 kg and a standard deviation of 1.25 kg. And the parameters for the total weight of 25 bags of Australian rice are a mean of 507.5 kg and a standard deviation of 1.8 kg.

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