Spray drift is a constant concern for pesticide applicators and agricultural producers. The inverse relationship between droplet size and drift potential is well known. The paper "Effects of 2,4-D Formulation and Quinclorac on Spray Droplet Size and Deposition" investigated the effects of herbicide formulation on spray atomization. A figure in the paper suggested the normal distribution with mean 1050 µm and variance 22500 µm was a reasonable model for droplet size for water (the control treatment) sprayed through a 760 ml/min nozzle.
If the sizes of five independently selected droplets are measured, what is the probability that at least one exceeds 1500 µm?