SOLUTION: The lifetimes of light bulbs of a particular type are normally distributed with a mean of 270 hours and a standard deviation of 11 hours. What percentage of the bulbs has lifetimes
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Question 1011538: The lifetimes of light bulbs of a particular type are normally distributed with a mean of 270 hours and a standard deviation of 11 hours. What percentage of the bulbs has lifetimes that lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean on either side?
Apply the 68-95-99.7 rule to this questions.
A. 68%
B. 1005
C. 99.7%
D. 95% Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source):