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A person commutes daily. His commute is from his home to midtown. The average time for...

A person commutes daily. His commute is from his home to midtown. The average time for a one-way trip is 25 minutes. The standard deviation is 4.2 minutes. Assume a normal distribution for the distribution of trip times.

The destination sells coffee from 8:50 AM until 9:00 AM. If the person leaves at 8:32 AM. What is the probability that the person misses this opportunity for coffee?

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