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A major television manufacturer has determined that its 19-inch color TV picture

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A major television manufacturer has determined that its 19-inch color TV picture tubes have a mean service life that can be modeled by a normal distribution with a mean of six years and a standard deviation of one-half year. What service period would achieve an expected wear-out rate of

2 percent? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

5 percent? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

A major television manufacturer has determined that its 19-inch color TV picture tubes have a mean service life that can be modeled by a normal distribution with a mean of six years and a standard deviation of one-half year. What service period would achieve an expected wear-out rate of

Use Table A and Table B.

Explanation / Answer

A)

First, we get the z score from the given left tailed area. As          
          
Left tailed area =    0.02      
          
Then, using table or technology,          
          
z =    -2.05      
          
As x = u + z * s,          
          
where          
          
u = mean =    6      
z = the critical z score =    -2.05      
s = standard deviation =    0.5      
          
Then          
          
x = critical value =    4.975   [ANSWER]

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b)

First, we get the z score from the given left tailed area. As          
          
Left tailed area =    0.05      
          
Then, using table or technology,          
          
z =    -1.64      
          
As x = u + z * s,          
          
where          
          
u = mean =    6      
z = the critical z score =    -1.64      
s = standard deviation =    0.5      
          
Then          
          
x = critical value =    5.18   [ANSWER]  
  

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