Calculate normal proportions, sketch an interval and determine a warranty quantile.

Calculate normal proportions, sketch an interval and determine a warranty quantile.

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A company manufactures television sets. They claim that the lifetime of a set is normally distributed with a mean of 80 months and standard deviation of 8 months.

  1. What proportion of television sets break down in less than 72 months?[2]
  2. [5]
    1. Calculate the proportion of sets which have a lifetime between 72 months and 90 months.
    2. Illustrate this proportion by appropriate shading in a sketch of a normal distribution curve.
  3. If a set breaks down in less than x months, the company replace it free of charge. They replace 4% of the sets. Find the value of x.[3]

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Answer:The fourth percentile is \(x=80+8z_{0.04}=66.0\) months.

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