A group of biologists investigated a species of worms whose length can be characterised by a normal random variable with mean 3.10cm and standard deviation 0.06cm. What is the length in cm such that 1% of the specimens in that species exceed that length? (2 d.p.)?

Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Author:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.
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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.2: Expected Value And Variance Of Continuous Random Variables
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A group of biologists investigated a species of worms whose length can be characterised by a normal random variable with mean 3.10cm and standard deviation 0.06cm. What is the length in cm such that 1% of the specimens in that species exceed that length? (2 d.p.)?

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