Battery Life a Certain Brand of Batteries Has a Lifetime That

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Battery Life
A certain brand of batteries has a lifetime that has a normal distribution with a mean of 3,750 hours and a standard deviation of 300 hours. ​ ​
-{Battery Life Narrative} What lifetime should the manufacturer advertise for these batteries in order that only 2% of the lamps will wear out before the advertised lifetime?

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