(Solved): Breaking Strength of Steel Cable The average breaking strength of a certain brand of steel cable is ...
Breaking Strength of Steel Cable The average breaking strength of a certain brand of steel cable is 2000 pounds, with a standard deviation of 100 pounda. A sample of 20 cables is selected and tested. Find the sample mean that will cut off the upper \( 82 \% \) of all samples of size 20 taken from the population. Assurne the varable is normally distributed. Round intermediate z-value calculations to 2 decimal places and round the final answer to at least 2 decimal piaces. The sample mean that will cut off the upper \( 82 \% \) of all samples of size 20 is pounds.