17. Boxes of screws, nominally containing 250, have a mean content of 248 screws with a standard deviation of 7. If the contents are normally distributed, determine the probability that a randomly chosen box will contain fewer than 240 screws.

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17. Boxes of screws, nominally containing 250, have a mean content of 248 screws with a
standard deviation of 7. If the contents are normally distributed, determine the probability
that a randomly chosen box will contain fewer than 240 screws.
18. Samples of 10 A fuses have a mean fusing current of 9.9 A and a standard deviation of 1.2
A. Determine the probability of a fuse blowing with a current
i. less than 7.0 A,
ii. between 8.0 A and 12.0 A.
Transcribed Image Text:17. Boxes of screws, nominally containing 250, have a mean content of 248 screws with a standard deviation of 7. If the contents are normally distributed, determine the probability that a randomly chosen box will contain fewer than 240 screws. 18. Samples of 10 A fuses have a mean fusing current of 9.9 A and a standard deviation of 1.2 A. Determine the probability of a fuse blowing with a current i. less than 7.0 A, ii. between 8.0 A and 12.0 A.
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