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A company produces steel rods. The lengths of the steel rods are
Find the probability that the length of a randomly selected steel rod is greater than 212.4-cm.
P(X > 212.4-cm) =
Enter your answer as a number accurate to 4 decimal places. Answers obtained using exact z-scores or z-scores rounded to 3 decimal places are accepted.
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