A manufacturer knows that their graduated cylinders have a normally distributed height, with a mean of 10.4 cm, and standard deviation of 3.4 cm. If one graduated cylinder is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is less than 0.4 cm tall?

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A manufacturer knows that their graduated cylinders have a normally distributed height, with a mean of
10.4 cm, and standard deviation of 3.4 cm.
If one graduated cylinder is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is less than 0.4 cm tall?
Transcribed Image Text:A manufacturer knows that their graduated cylinders have a normally distributed height, with a mean of 10.4 cm, and standard deviation of 3.4 cm. If one graduated cylinder is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is less than 0.4 cm tall?
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