The monthly salaries of workers in a garment factory are normally distributed. The mean salary is ₹ 10,000 and standard deviation is ₹ 625. If 2,500 workers are getting salary less than ₹ 10,000, then the total number of workers in the factory is:
The monthly salaries of workers in a garment factory are normally distributed. The mean salary is ₹ 10,000 and standard deviation is ₹ 625. If 2,500 workers are getting salary less than ₹ 10,000, then the total number of workers in the factory is:
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
A normal distribution is symmetric about its mean, so exactly half the workers earn less than the mean of Rs. 10,000.
Since that half equals 2,500 workers, the total is workers.
The standard deviation is not needed here.
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