A cutting tool wears out with a time to failure that is normally distributed. It has a mean of 10 working days and a standard deviation of 2.5 days. Find: The probability of failure before day one The probability of failure after 5 days The days predicted that the tool would survive with a probability of 99

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  1. A cutting tool wears out with a time to failure that is normally distributed. It has a mean of 10 working days and a standard deviation of 2.5 days. Find:
  1. The probability of failure before day one
  2. The probability of failure after 5 days
  3. The days predicted that the tool would survive with a probability of 99%

 

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