document.write( "Question 1180589: The length of a certain kind of Colorado brook trout is normally distributed with a mean of 13.1 inches and a standard deviation of 1.5 inches.\r
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20th percentile is a z of -0.8416
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\n" ); document.write( "x=11.84 inches.
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