Before every flight the pilot must verify that the total weight of the load is...

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Before every flight the pilot must verify that the total weight of the load is less than the maximum allowable load for the aircraft The aircraft can carry 37 passengers and a flight has fuel and baggage that allows for a total passenger load of 6 253 lb The pilot sees that the plane is full and all passengers are men The aircraft will be overloaded if the 6 253 lb 37 mean weight of the passengers is greater than 169 lb What is the probability that the aircraft is overloaded Should the pilot take any action to correct for an overloaded aircraft Assume that weights of men are normally distributed with a mean of 179 7 lb and a standard deviation of 36 1 The probability is approximately Round to four decimal places as needed

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