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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 14.9 in. and a standard deviation of 0.9 in. Find Upper P 90. That​ is, find the hip breadth for men that separates the smallest 90​% from the largest 10​%.

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Answer:

16.053 inches

Explanation:

Many such probability questions are easily answered by a suitable calculator or spreadsheet.

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