SOLUTION: A. Find the probability that a female in the class is shorter than 5 ft. B. Find the probability that a female in the class is taller than 6 ft. How would I set this up in th

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Question 1038870: A. Find the probability that a female in the class is shorter than 5 ft.
B. Find the probability that a female in the class is taller than 6 ft.
How would I set this up in the correct format?

Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Pr stand for Probability, then
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Pr ( female height < 5 feet ) = 1 - Pr ( female height > or = 5 feet )
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Pr ( female height > 6 feet ) = 1 - Pr ( female height < or = 6 feet )
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this technique is often used with Normal distribution and associated z-tables
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