proved manufacturing techniques the manufacturer can make the bars more uniform (that is, decrease the standard deviation). What value of the standard deviation will just meet the specification if the mean stays the same?

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The strengths of individual bars made by a certain manufacturing process are approximately normally distributed with mean 28.4 and standard deviation 2.95 (in appropriate units). To ensure safety, a customer requires at least 95% of the bars to be stronger than 24.0. a. Do the bars meet the specification? b. By improved manufacturing techniques the manufacturer can make the bars more uniform (that is, decrease the standard deviation). What value of the standard deviation will just meet the specification if the mean stays the same?
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