The Amount of Soda a Dispensing Machine Pours into a 12

question 75

Multiple Choice

The amount of soda a dispensing machine pours into a 12 ounce can of soda follows a normal distribution witha mean of 12.48 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.32 ounce. The cans only hold 12.80 ounces of soda. Everycan that has more than 12.80 ounces of soda poured into it causes a spill and the can needs to go through aspecial cleaning process before it can be sold. What is the probability a randomly selected can will need to gothrough this process?

• A) 0.1587
• B) 0.3413
• C) 0.8413
• D) 0.6587

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