Find probability that light bulb will burn out in less hours

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The number of hours a 100 watt bulb will operate before burning out is approximately normally distributed with standard deviation σ=50.

a. if the mean µ=900, what is the probability that a light bulb will burn out in less than 966 hours of use?

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