Sugar packaged by a certain machine has a mean weight of 4 lb and a standard deviation of 0.08 lb. For what values of c can the manufacturer of the machinery claim that the sugar packaged by this machine has a weight between and lb with probability at least 96%?
A) c = 0.5 lb
B) c = 0.45 lb
C) c = 0.7 lb
D) c = 0.2 lb
E) c = 0.4 lb

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Sugar packaged by a certain machine has a mean weight of 4 lb and a standard deviation of 0.08 lb. For what values of c can the manufacturer of the machinery claim that the sugar packaged by this machine has a weight between  and  lb with probability at least 96%?
A) c = 0.5 lb 
B) c = 0.45 lb 
C) c = 0.7 lb 
D) c = 0.2 lb 
E) c = 0.4 lb

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The Answer of Sugar packaged by a certain machine has a mean weight of 4 lb and a standard deviation of 0.08 lb. For what values of c can the manufacturer of the machinery claim that the sugar packaged by this machine has a weight between  and  lb with probability at least 96%?
A) c = 0.5 lb 
B) c = 0.45 lb 
C) c = 0.7 lb 
D) c = 0.2 lb 
E) c = 0.4 lb

Sugar Packaged by a Certain Machine Has a Mean Weight