The amount of soda a dispensing machine pours into a 12 ounce can of soda follows a normal distribution with a mean of 12.12 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.08 ounce. The cans only hold 12.20 ounces of soda. Every can that has more than 12.20 ounces of soda poured into it causes a spill and the can needs to go through a special cleaning process before it can be sold. What is the probability a randomly selected can will need to go through this process?

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The amount of soda a dispensing machine pours into a 12 ounce can of soda follows a normal distribution with a mean of 12.12 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.08 ounce. The cans only hold 12.20 ounces of soda. Every can that has more than 12.20 ounces of soda poured into it causes a spill and the can needs to go through a special cleaning process before it can be sold. What is the probability a randomly selected can will need to go through this process?

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The normal distribution is the most useful theoretical distribution for continuous variable. 

For the normal distribution,

Mean = μ and

Standard deviation = σ, symbolically we write.

Given,

Sample size = n = 12

Population mean = μ = 12.12

Population standard deviation = σ = 0.08

Sample mean = x = 12.20

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