Suppositions for distribution of lifetimes of light bulbs

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Assume that the random sample of 200 light bulbs has mean life of 635 hours and standard deviation of 48 hours. Before applying Empirical Rule, what suppositions requires to be made about distribution of lifetimes of light bulbs? There will be a spread of distribution.

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