A trucking company delivering bags of cement to suppliers has a fleet of trucks whose mean unloaded weight is 6700 kg with a standard deviation of 100 kg. They are each loaded with 800 bags of cement...


A trucking company delivering bags of cement to suppliers has a fleet of trucks<br>whose mean unloaded weight is 6700 kg with a standard deviation of 100 kg.<br>They are each loaded with 800 bags of cement which have a mean weight of 44<br>kg and a standard deviation of 3 kg. The trucks travel in a convoy of four and<br>pass over a weigh scale en route.<br>a) The government limit on loaded truck weight is 42,000 kg. Exceeding this<br>limit by (i) less than 125 kg results in a fine of $200, (ii) between 125 and<br>200 kg results in a fine of $400 and (iii) over 200 kg yields a fine of $600.<br>What is the expected fine per truck?<br>b) In addition to the above, the government charges a special road tax if the<br>mean loaded weight of the trucks in a convoy of four trucks is greater than<br>42,000 kg. What is the probability that any particular convoy will be charged<br>this tax?<br>

Extracted text: A trucking company delivering bags of cement to suppliers has a fleet of trucks whose mean unloaded weight is 6700 kg with a standard deviation of 100 kg. They are each loaded with 800 bags of cement which have a mean weight of 44 kg and a standard deviation of 3 kg. The trucks travel in a convoy of four and pass over a weigh scale en route. a) The government limit on loaded truck weight is 42,000 kg. Exceeding this limit by (i) less than 125 kg results in a fine of $200, (ii) between 125 and 200 kg results in a fine of $400 and (iii) over 200 kg yields a fine of $600. What is the expected fine per truck? b) In addition to the above, the government charges a special road tax if the mean loaded weight of the trucks in a convoy of four trucks is greater than 42,000 kg. What is the probability that any particular convoy will be charged this tax?

Jun 01, 2022
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