Jodie's Ice Cream Stand sells cones at the beach. Her records show that she sells a mean of 180 cones each day, with a standard deviation of 15 cones, distributed normally. She would like to keep the probability of running out of cones below 1%. How many cones should she stock each day?

Jodie's Ice Cream Stand sells cones at the beach. Her records show that she sells a mean of 180 cones each day, with a standard deviation of 15 cones, distributed normally. She would like to keep the probability of running out of cones below 1%. How many cones should she stock each day?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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