A Soft Drink Dispenser Can Be Adjusted to Deliver Any

question 25

Multiple Choice

A soft drink dispenser can be adjusted to deliver any fixed number of centiliters.If the Machine is operating with a standard deviation in delivery equal to 0.3 centiliter, what should Be the mean setting so that a 12-centilitre cup will overflow less than 1% of the time?
Assume a normal distribution for centiliters delivered.

• A)11.23
• B)11.30
• C)11.70
• D)12.00
• E)12.70

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