SOLUTION: If light bulbs have lives that are normally distributed with a mean of 2500 hours and a standard deviation of 500 hours, what percentage of light bulbs have a life less than 2500 h

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Question 568529: If light bulbs have lives that are normally distributed with a mean of 2500 hours and a standard deviation of 500 hours, what percentage of light bulbs have a life less than 2500 hours?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since the distribution is symmetric about the mean of 2500, this means that 50% of the bulbs will have a life less than 2500 hours.