The Lower limit of guaranteed mileage is :?

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A tire factory wants to set a minimum mileage
guarantee on its tyre. Tyre tests reveals that the
mean mileage has a normal distribution with
mean 128 and standard deviation 1.76.
the manufacturer wants to set the minimum
guaranteed mileage so that no more than 2.5
percent of tyres will have to be replaced.
The Lower limit of guaranteed mileage is :?
(Write your answer in 2 decimals
places)
Transcribed Image Text:A tire factory wants to set a minimum mileage guarantee on its tyre. Tyre tests reveals that the mean mileage has a normal distribution with mean 128 and standard deviation 1.76. the manufacturer wants to set the minimum guaranteed mileage so that no more than 2.5 percent of tyres will have to be replaced. The Lower limit of guaranteed mileage is :? (Write your answer in 2 decimals places)
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