A manufacturer knows that their items have a normally distributed lifespan, with a mean of 13.1 years, and standard deviation of 3.9 years. If you randomly purchase 4 items, what is the probability that their mean life will be longer than 16 years?  Round to 4 decimal places.

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A manufacturer knows that their items have a normally distributed lifespan, with a mean of 13.1 years, and standard deviation of 3.9 years.

If you randomly purchase 4 items, what is the probability that their mean life will be longer than 16 years?

 Round to 4 decimal places.

 

please label what numbers go into the normalcdf calulations 

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