Before every flight, the pilot must verify that the total weight of the load is less than the maximum allowable load for the aircraft.  The aircraft can carry 42 passengers,  and a flight has fuel and baggage that allows for the total passenger load of 6,972lb. The pilot sees that the plane is full and all the passengers are men. The aircraft will be overloaded if the mean weight of the passengers is greater than 6,972lb/42=166lb. What is the probability that the aircraft is overloaded? Should the pilot take any action to correct for an overloaded aircraft? Assume that the weights of men are normally d

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Before every flight, the pilot must verify that the total weight of the load is less than the maximum allowable load for the aircraft.  The aircraft can carry 42 passengers,  and a flight has fuel and baggage that allows for the total passenger load of 6,972lb. The pilot sees that the plane is full and all the passengers are men. The aircraft will be overloaded if the mean weight of the passengers is greater than 6,972lb/42=166lb. What is the probability that the aircraft is overloaded? Should the pilot take any action to correct for an overloaded aircraft? Assume that the weights of men are normally distributed with a mean of 176.9lb and a standard deviation of 37.7. THE probability is approximately.               ? Round to four decimal places. 

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