SOLUTION: The amount of soda a dispensing machine pours into a 12-ounce can of soda follows a normal distribution with a mean of 12.09 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.06 ounce. Each can

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Question 1169543: The amount of soda a dispensing machine pours into a 12-ounce can of soda follows a normal distribution with a mean of 12.09 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.06 ounce. Each can holds a maximum of 12.15 ounces of soda. Every can that has more than 12.15 ounces of soda poured into it causes a spill and the can must go through a special cleaning process before it can be sold. What is the probability that a randomly selected can will need to go through this process?

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.1587
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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12.15 oz is 1 sd above the mean. So there probability there will be a spill is the same as the probability something is more than 1 sd above the mean, and that is 0.1587.