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Chapter 7.2, Problem 41E
Tire lifetimes: The lifetime of a certain type of automobile tire (in thousands of miles) is
- Find the 15th percentile of the tire lifetimes.
- Find the 68th percentile of the tire lifetimes.
- Find the first
quartile of the tire lifetimes. - The tire company wants to guarantee that its tires will last at least a certain number of miles. What number of miles (in thousands) should the company guarantee so that only 2% of the tires violate the guarantee?
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Connect Hosted by ALEKS Access Card or Elementary Statistics
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