A company produces steel rods. The lengths of the steel rods are normally distributed with a mean of 264.5-cm and a standard deviation of 1-cm. For shipment, 15 steel rods are bundled together. Find P36, which is the average length separating the smallest 36% bundles from the largest 64% bundles.  P36 =                cm Round to 2 decimal places.

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A company produces steel rods. The lengths of the steel rods are normally distributed with a mean of 264.5-cm and a standard deviation of 1-cm. For shipment, 15 steel rods are bundled together.

Find P36, which is the average length separating the smallest 36% bundles from the largest 64% bundles.

 P36 =                cm Round to 2 decimal places.

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