UPPOSE THE LIFETIMES OF TV TUBES ARE NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED WITH A STANDARD DEVIATION OF 1.1 YEARS. SUPPOSE THAT EXACTLY 20% OF ALL TUBES DIE BEFORE 5 YEARS. FIND MEAN LIFETIME OF TV. TUBES.

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SUPPOSE THE LIFETIMES OF TV TUBES ARE NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED WITH A STANDARD DEVIATION OF 1.1 YEARS. SUPPOSE THAT EXACTLY 20% OF ALL TUBES DIE BEFORE 5 YEARS. FIND MEAN LIFETIME OF TV. TUBES.

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GIVEN DATA : lifetimes of TV tubes are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1.1 years

                        20% of the tubes die before 5 years

      TO FIND : Mean of the lifetime of T.V tubes

Normal distribution is a probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

 Z-score is a numerical measurement used in statistics of a value's relationship to the mean (average) of a group of values, measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean.

Z=x-μσ

Suppose X the random variable that represent the lifetimes of TV tubes of a population, and for this case we know the distribution for X is given by 

X~Nμ, σ

It is given that standard deviation is σ=1.1

X~Nμ, 1.1

 

Step 2

From the given data, Before 5 years 20% tubes die

thus, Probability of tubes before  5 years  PX<5=20100

PX<5=0.2

thus, after 5 years PX>5=1-P(X<5)

PX>5=1-0.2

PX>5=0.8

From the z value that satisfy the condition with 0.2 of the area on the left and 0.8 of the area on the right it's z=-0.842.On this case Pz<-0.842=0.2 and Pz>-0.842=0.8

 

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