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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The life of headlamp bulbs is normally distributed with a mean of 300 hours and a standard deviation of 15 hours. Determine the range of 80% of the headlamp bulbs

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

Do you know how to use a normal distribution table?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes kind of

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

So what would the z score be for 80%? Start with that.

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

See, once you know the SD, you have the fact that 1SD=15 hours. So whatever the SD will be, you can say \(300\pm z15\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay ....

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

Do you have a z score table in your book?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

Did you look it up? Ay issues? your .... seems like you were unsure about something still.

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