[Math] Resistors to be used in a circuit have average resistance 200 ohms and standard deviation 10 ohms…

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Resistors to be used in a circuit have average resistance 200 ohms and standard deviation 10 ohms. Suppose 25 of these resistors are randomly selected to be used in a circuit.
a) What is the probability that the average resistance for the 25 resistors is between 199 and 202 ohms?
b) Find the probability that the total resistance does not exceed 5100 ohms.

I keep getting a negative result in part a. This follows the central limit theorem. I calculated my interval to be:

$$P((199-200)/10/(\sqrt{25}) < (X-200)/10/(\sqrt{25}) < (202-200)/10/(\sqrt{25})$$

$$P(-0.5 < Z < 1)$$

Wouldn't this be $$\Phi(1)-[1-\Phi(0.5)]?$$

Best Answer

This is not negative.

$$\Phi(1) + \Phi(0.5)-1=0.5318$$