The weight, in kilograms, of cereal in a box can be modelled by a normal distribution with Mean u and standard deviation 5.4 kg. Given that 10% of boxes contains less than D kg. Find. a. The value of µ.

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The weight, in kilograms, of cereal in a box can be modelled by a normal distribution with Mean
u and standard deviation 5.4 kg. Given that 10% of boxes contains less than D kg. Find.
a. The value of µ.
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