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The weight of a product is normally distributed with a standard deviation of .8 ounces. What should the average weight be if the production manager wants no more than 5% of the products to weigh more than 5.3 ounces?

# Statistics - bobpursley, Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 4:30pm second applet. Set mean to zero, std deviation to .8 oz check below enter shaded area .05 Notice the answer comes up 1.31 ounces. So the mean must be 5.3+1.31=6.61 Put that in for the mean, a...

Hi Bob, Thanks for the direction. I got so far with it on my own and became stuck. I did as you said but still have one question. Would the answer to the question be 1.31 ounces or 6.61 ounces? I feel the answer is 1.31. Thanks * Statistics - bobpursley,...

Hi Bob, Thanks for the direction. I got so far with it on my own and became stuck. I did as you said but still have one question. Would the answer to the question be 1.31 ounces or 6.61 ounces? I feel the answer is 1.31. Thanks