The weights of tablets are normally distributed with mean 254 mg and standard deviation 4 mg.  If exactly 1% of tablets are ‘overweight’, then what weight makes the tablet ‘overweight’?

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The weights of tablets are normally distributed with mean 254 mg and standard deviation 4 mg.

 If exactly 1% of tablets are ‘overweight’, then what weight makes the tablet ‘overweight’?

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