Suppose that you have your choice between two jobs. Your annual earnings from a manufacturing job will have a normal distribution with a mean of $40 000 and standard deviation of $5 000. Your annual earnings from an engineering sales job will have a normal distribution, with a mean of $35 000 and standard deviation of $15 000. What is the probability that you would earn more than $45 000 per year if you select one or the other?

What will be an ideal response?


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