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A vending machine dispenses coffee into a twenty-ounce cup. the amount of coffee dispensed into the cup is normally distriubuted with a standard deviation of 0.03 ounce. You can allow the cup to overfill 2% of the time. What amount should you set as the mean amount of coffee to be dispensed?

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Answer:

x=20.938

Explanation:

-2.053748911 = (x - 21)/.03

x=20.938

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