Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305965584
Author: Richard N. Aufmann, Joanne Lockwood, Richard D. Nation, Daniel K. Clegg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13.4, Problem 36ES
• In Exercises 31 to 40, answer each question. Round z-scores to the nearest hundredth and then find the required A values using Table 13.10 on page 787.
Telephone Calls A telephone company has found that the lengths of its long distance telephone calls are
a. longer than 34() s?
b. between 200 and 300 s?
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