Please do provide explanation to the solutions. It will be much appreciated Thank you. The time until recharge for a battery in a laptop computer under common conditions is normally distributed with mean of 260 minutes and a standard deviation of 50 minutes. a) What is the probability that a battery lasts more than four hours? b) What are the quartiles (the 25% and 75% values) of battery life? c) What value of life in minutes is exceeded with 95% probability?

Please do provide explanation to the solutions. It will be much appreciated Thank you. The time until recharge for a battery in a laptop computer under common conditions is normally distributed with mean of 260 minutes and a standard deviation of 50 minutes. a) What is the probability that a battery lasts more than four hours? b) What are the quartiles (the 25% and 75% values) of battery life? c) What value of life in minutes is exceeded with 95% probability?

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The time until recharge for a battery in a laptop computer under common conditions is normally distributed with mean of 260 minutes and a standard deviation of 50 minutes.

a) What is the probability that a battery lasts more than four hours?

b) What are the quartiles (the 25% and 75% values) of battery life?

c) What value of life in minutes is exceeded with 95% probability?

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