A well-known maker of jams and jellies packages its jams in jars labeled "~250 milliliters." The process used to fill the jars is known to dispense an amount of jam that is a Normally distributed variable µ = 252 milliliters and σ = 0.9 milliliters. What proportion of jars will be filled with what the label claims is 250 milliliters?

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A well-known maker of jams and jellies packages its jams in jars labeled "~250 milliliters." The process used to fill the jars is known to dispense an amount of jam that is a Normally distributed variable µ = 252 milliliters and σ = 0.9 milliliters. What proportion of jars will be filled with what the label claims is 250 milliliters?

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