document.write( "Question 1033184: If light bulbs have lives that are normally distributed with a mean of 2500 hours and a standard deviation of 500 hours, approximately what percentage of light bulbs has a life of more than 3000 hours?
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Since 68% (or so) values fall in between -1 sigma and +1 sigma, that leaves 32% that are outside...that means there are 16% more than 3000 and 16% less than 2000 hours...
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