study of the amount of time it takes a mechanic to rebuild a car's transmission shows that the mean is 8.4 hours and the standard deviation is 1.8 hours. If a car that needs transmission repair is randomly selected, find the probability that its rebuild time exceeds 8.7 hours. Assume normality.

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A study of the amount of time it takes a mechanic to rebuild a car's transmission shows that the mean is 8.4 hours and the standard deviation is 1.8 hours. If a car that needs transmission repair is randomly selected, find the probability that its rebuild time exceeds 8.7 hours. Assume normality.

 
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