A Farmer Has Observed That the Time to Maturation of a Certain

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Short Answer

A farmer has observed that the time to maturation of a certain crop is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 60 days and a standard deviation of 2 days. Find the percentage of plants that will mature in less than 55 days. Enter the percentage as just a real number rounded off to two decimal places followed by %.

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Definitions:

Manufacturing Overhead

All indirect costs associated with the production process, including costs related to factory equipment maintenance, utilities, and quality control.

Machine-Hours

A measure of the amount of time a machine is operated in the production process, used for allocating manufacturing overheads.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

An estimated overhead rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to products or job orders, based on a selected activity base.

Casting Department

A department within a manufacturing facility where molten materials are poured into molds to create product components.