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The average finishing time among all high school boys in a particular track event in a certain state is 5 minutes 17 seconds. Times are

The average finishing time among all high school boys in a particular track event in a certain state is 5 minutes 17 seconds. Times are normally distributed with standard deviation 12 seconds.

  1. The qualifying time in this event for participation in the state meet is to be set so that only the fastest 5% of all runners qualify. Find the qualifying time. (Hint: Convert seconds to minutes and draw the probability density function with region marked for the "fastest".)
  2. In the western region of the state the times of all boys running in this event are normally distributed with standard deviation 12 seconds, but with mean 5 minutes 22 seconds. Find the proportion of boys from this region who qualify to run in this event in the state meet.

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