(b)  If 60% customers would spend more than $k for a piece of cake, what is the value of k?

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nstead of selling only coffee, the cafe also sells sliced cakes. It is known that the spending on a piece of cake follows a normal distribution with mean of $32 and standard deviation of $6.

  1. (a)  What is the probability that a customer spends less than $30 for a piece of cake?

  2. (b)  If 60% customers would spend more than $k for a piece of cake, what is the value of k?

Solution of (b)  ?(?>k)=0.6
                        ?(? < ? < 32) = 0.6 − 0.5 = 0.1

                        ? (? − 32 < ? < 0) = 0.1 6

                        As P(-0.25 < Z < 0) = 0.1 from table

                        ? − 32 = −0.25 6

                        k = 32 + (-0.25)(6) = 30.5

Could someone explain why that 0.6 need to be less of 0.5??? And explain how to know the Y is lesser than 32?

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