Engineers want to design seats in commercial aircraft so that they are wide enou

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Engineers want to design seats in commercial aircraft so that they are wide enough to fit 90% of all males. (Accommodating 100% of males would require very wide seats that would be much too expensive.) Men have hip breadths that are normally distributed with a mean of 14.8 in. and a standard deviation of 1.2 in. Find Pgo That is, find the hip breadth for men that separates the smallest 90% from the largest 10% The hip breadth for men that separates the smallest 90% from the largest 10% is P90- in.

Explanation / Answer

Mean is 14.8 and s is 1.2

for 90% , the z value from the normal distribution table can be found as 1.28

thus answer is mean+s*z=14.8+1.28*1.2=16.336

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