In Gombak district 2500 electric lamps are installed for street lighting. The lamps come from a different manufacturer and have a mean burning life of 1050 hours. We know from past experience that the distribution of burning lives approximates a normal distribution. The 250th lamp fails after 819 hours. What is the standard deviation of burning lives for this set of lamps? (e)
In Gombak district 2500 electric lamps are installed for street lighting. The lamps come from a different manufacturer and have a mean burning life of 1050 hours. We know from past experience that the distribution of burning lives approximates a normal distribution. The 250th lamp fails after 819 hours. What is the standard deviation of burning lives for this set of lamps? (e)
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![In Gombak district 2500 electric lamps are installed for street lighting. The lamps
come from a different manufacturer and have a mean burning life of 1050 hours.
We know from past experience that the distribution of burning lives approximates
a normal distribution. The 250th lamp fails after 819 hours. What is the standard
deviation of burning lives for this set of lamps?
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Transcribed Image Text:In Gombak district 2500 electric lamps are installed for street lighting. The lamps
come from a different manufacturer and have a mean burning life of 1050 hours.
We know from past experience that the distribution of burning lives approximates
a normal distribution. The 250th lamp fails after 819 hours. What is the standard
deviation of burning lives for this set of lamps?
(e)
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