In a test of a lifelong brand of tires, a survey revealed that the mean life was 35,000 miles and the standard deviation was 7,083 miles. If the shape of the population distribution is known to be normal, approximately what percentage of the tires lasts less than 20,834 miles?

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I. In a test of a lifelong brand of tires, a survey revealed that the mean life was 35,000 miles and the standard deviation was 7,083 miles. If the shape of the population distribution is known to be normal, approximately what percentage of the tires lasts less than 20,834 miles?

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Let X be the lifelong brand of tires.

From the given information, X follows normal distribution with mean µ=35,000 miles and a standard deviation σ=7,083 miles.

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