Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 184: 5a

Answer

99.7% of light bulbs will have lifetimes between 441 and 759 hours.

Work Step by Step

The Empirical Rule says that, for a bell shaped distribution, about 99.7% of the data will be between μ-3σ and μ+3σ. In this case: $μ−3σ=600−3×53=441$ $μ+3σ=600+3×53=759$
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