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The amount of calories consumed by customers at the Chinese buffet is normally distributed with mean 2979 and standard deviation 593. One randomly selected customer is observed to see how many calories X that customer consumes. Round all answers to 4 decimal places where possible. a. What is the distribution of X? X ~ N( 2979 Correct, 593 Correct) b. Find the probability that the customer consumes less than 2587 calories. c. What proportion of the customers consume over 3353 calories? d. The Piggy award will given out to the 1% of customers who consume the most calories. What is the fewest number of calories a person must consume to receive the Piggy award? calories. (Round to the nearest calorie)