document.write( "Question 1141293: What number of hours lie 2.5 standard deviations above and below the mean? If the distribution is unknown, determine the minimum percentage of lightbulbs with a life within 2.5 standard deviations of the mean\r
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The probability in a normal distribution that something is >2.5 sd or <-2.5 sd is 0.0124\r
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