Farmers Often Sell Fruits and Vegetables at Roadside Stands During

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Farmers often sell fruits and vegetables at roadside stands during the summer. One such roadside stand has adaily demand for tomatoes that is approximately normally distributed with a mean equal to 125 tomatoes perday and a standard deviation equal to 30 tomatoes per day. How many tomatoes must be available on anygiven day so that there is only a 1.5% chance that all tomatoes will be sold?7.3 Assessing Normality1 Use normal probability plots to assess normality.

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