Suppose that the lifetimes of TV tubes are normally distributed with a standard deviation of  1.2  years. Suppose also that exactly  35%  of the tubes die before  4  years. Find the mean lifetime of TV tub

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Suppose that the lifetimes of TV tubes are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 

1.2

 years. Suppose also that exactly 

35%

 of the tubes die before 

4

 years. Find the mean lifetime of TV tubes. 

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