A car is designed to last an average of 12 years with a standard deviation of 0.8 years. what is the probability that a car will last less than 10 years?

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Esperanza Bailey

2 May, 10:51

A car is designed to last an average of 12 years with a standard deviation of 0.8 years. what is the probability that a car will last less than 10 years?

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Christine Greer · Answer 1

The probability that the car will last less than 10 years would be. 0062. With the given data (M = 12, SD =.8), i computed the z-score and looked it up on the z table. The answer yields. 0062 or 0.62%. Thus, the probability is very little.