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Mathematics

18 August, 13:03

Engineers want to design seats in commercial aircraft so that they are wide enough to fit 90 % of all males. (Accommodating 100% of males would require very wide seats that would be much too expensive.) Men have hip breadths that are normally distributed with a mean of 14.9 in. and a standard deviation of 0.9 in. Find Upper P 90. That is, find the hip breadth for men that separates the smallest 90 % from the largest 10 %.