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The length of a text messaging conversation is normally distributed with a mean of 2 minutes and a standard deviation of .5 minutes. What is the probability that a conversation lasts longer than 3 minutes?

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Let
x be a random variable which represents the length of a text messaging conversation
\Rightarrow
P(x\ \textgreater \ 3)=1-P(x\ \textless \ 3)=1-P(z\ \textless \ (3-2)/(0.5))=1-P(z\ \textless \ 2)=
1-0.97725=0.02275.
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