8. Selling Cars: You sell a brand of automobile tire that has a life expectancy that is normally distributed with a mean life of 30,000 miles and a standard deviation of 2500 miles. You want to give a guarantee for free replacement tires if the tires wear out too soon, but you can only afford to give free replacements on approximately 5% of the tires you sell. How should you word your free replacement guarantee? Draw, shade and label a normal curve to illustrate your results.

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8. Selling Cars: You sell a brand of automobile tire that has a life expectancy that is normally
distributed with a mean life of 30,000 miles and a standard deviation of 2500 miles. You
want to give a guarantee for free replacement tires if the tires wear out too soon, but you can
only afford to give free replacements on approximately 5% of the tires you sell. How should
you word your free replacement guarantee?
Draw, shade and label a normal curve to illustrate your results.
Transcribed Image Text:Page 2 of 21 8. Selling Cars: You sell a brand of automobile tire that has a life expectancy that is normally distributed with a mean life of 30,000 miles and a standard deviation of 2500 miles. You want to give a guarantee for free replacement tires if the tires wear out too soon, but you can only afford to give free replacements on approximately 5% of the tires you sell. How should you word your free replacement guarantee? Draw, shade and label a normal curve to illustrate your results.
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