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Chocolate bars produced by a certain machine are labeled with 8 oz. The distribution of the actual weights of these chocolate bars is Normal with a mean of 8.1 oz and a standard deviation of 0.1 oz. What proportion of chocolate bars weighs less than 7.92 oz?

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