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Historical data show that customers who download music from a popular Web service spend approximately $26 per month, with a standard deviation of $4. Find the probability that a customer will spend at least $20 per month. How much (or more) do the top 10 percent of customers spend?

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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