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Chapter 2: Q. 41 (page 131)

The distribution of heights of adult American men is approximately Normal with mean 69inches and standard deviation of 2.5inches. Draw a Normal curve on which this mean and standard deviation are correctly located. (Hint: Draw the curve first, locate the points where the curvature changes, then mark the horizontal axis.)

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The American men has approximately mean 69inches and standard deviation 2.5inches.

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Normal distribution's Empirical rule is:

In about 68%of the observations, the mean is within 1standard deviation.

x炉鈭�s=69鈭�2.5=66.5x炉+s=69+2.5=71.5

In about 95% of the observations, the mean is within2standard deviation.

x炉-2s=69-2(2.5)=64x炉+2s=69+2(2.5)=74

In about 99.7%of the observations, the mean is within3standard deviation.

x炉-3s=69-3(2.5)=61.5x炉+3s=69+3(2.5)=76.5

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