the shelf life of fresh bread has a mean of 6 days with a standard deviation of 1/2 of a day. what percent of loaves at the bake

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sashaice [31]

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the shelf life of fresh bread has a mean of 6 days with a standard deviation of 1/2 of a day. what percent of loaves at the bake

ry would be expected to spoil before 5 days?

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Elena L [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-01T01:44:19+03:00

Since you're looking at 2 standard deviations from the mean, you follow the 66 95 rule which says 95 % of the data is within 2 standard deviations. however you just need half of that since the other half is on the other side of the data meaning it last longer than 7 days. So 2.5% is the answer.