what level should the standard deviation be set, so that 99% of the cups are filled with at least 5.9 ounces of coffee?

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
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1. A cafeteria vending machine dispenses 6 ounces of coffee per cup, on the average, in such a way that the amount dispensed per cup is a normally distributed random variable. How fine should the machine be tuned; that is, to what level should the standard deviation be set, so that 99% of the cups are filled with at least 5.9 ounces of coffee?

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