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Homework Statement



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The Attempt at a Solution



can someone explain the last line of the solution; where did 1 - 6.25/10^2 come from?
 
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princejan7 said:

Homework Statement



http://postimg.org/image/bleosmrep/

Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution



can someone explain the last line of the solution; where did 1 - 6.25/10^2 come from?

You are supposed to show your work (PF rules). So, first you need to tell us what you think the method is.
 
Ray Vickson said:
You are supposed to show your work (PF rules). So, first you need to tell us what you think the method is.

I'm not really sure what they're doing at all
I want to know why they reduced the original problem to P((X-u)<10)
 
princejan7 said:
I'm not really sure what they're doing at all
I want to know why they reduced the original problem to P((X-u)<10)
They're applying a standard inequality. What inequalities do you know which involve the mean and variance?