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There is a large supply of light bulbs with the average life of 1000 hours and the standard deviation of 50 hours.
- A light bulb is drawn at random. Find the
probability that it will last more than 1020 hours. - A random sample of 25 light bulbs is drawn. Find the probability that the sample average life is more than 1020 hours.
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