document.write( "Question 810265: The lifetime of light bulbs that are advertised to last for 6200 hours are normally distributed with a mean of 6500 hours and a standard deviation of 150 hours. What is the probability that a bulb lasts longer than the advertised figure? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #488303 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The lifetime of light bulbs that are advertised to last for 6200 hours are normally distributed with a mean of 6500 hours and a standard deviation of 150 hours. What is the probability that a bulb lasts longer than the advertised figure? \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( "z(6200) = (6200-6500)/150 = -2 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "P(x > 6200) = P(z > -2) = normalcdf(-2,100) = 0.9772 \n" ); document.write( "================= \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "============= \n" ); document.write( " |