SOLUTION: Heights of women have a​ bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 163cm and a standard deviation of 8cm. Using​ Chebyshev's theorem, what do we know about the percentage

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Question 1025448: Heights of women have a​ bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 163cm and a standard deviation of 8cm. Using​ Chebyshev's theorem, what do we know about the percentage of women with heights that are within 3 standard deviations of the​mean? What are the minimum and maximum heights that are within 3 standard deviations of the​ mean?
Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Chebyshev's theorem states that in general for any distribution,
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==> , or AT LEAST 88.9% are within 3 standard deviations of the mean.
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==> the minimum and maximum heights that are within 3 standard deviations of the​ mean are 139 and 187, respectively.

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