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The True Length of Boards Cut at a Mill with a Listed

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The true length of boards cut at a mill with a listed length of 10 feet is normally distributed with a mean of 123 inches and a standard deviation of 1 inch.What proportion of the boards will be over 125 inches in length?


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Cytosine

A nitrogenous pyrimidine base that is a component of nucleic acids.

Thymine

A pyrimidine base found in DNA, paired with adenine in the DNA double helix.

DNA Encoding

The process by which genetic information is represented in the DNA using the sequence of four nucleotides (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) to instruct the development and functioning of organisms.

Nucleotide Sequence

The precise linear order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, which encodes the genetic information of an organism.

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