At what mileage should the warranty take effect?

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The lifetime of a certain brand of tires is normally distributed with a mean = 30,000 miles and a standard deviation of 5000 miles. The company has decided to issue a warranty for the tires but does not want to replace more than 2% of the tires that it sells. At what mileage should the warranty take effect?

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