SOLUTION: The weights of cockroaches living in a typical college dormitory are approximately distributed with a mean of 80 grams and a standard deviation of 4 grams. The percentage of cockro
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Question 1124816: The weights of cockroaches living in a typical college dormitory are approximately distributed with a mean of 80 grams and a standard deviation of 4 grams. The percentage of cockroaches weighing between 77 grams and 83 grams is about what percent? Round to the nearest whole number.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
z=(x-mean)/sd
This is a z between -.75 and +.75 which is about 55%.
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