SOLUTION: Use the Empirical Rule to answer the questions below: The distribution of weights for newborn babies is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 7.5 pounds and a standa

Question 1206709: Use the Empirical Rule to answer the questions below:
The distribution of weights for newborn babies is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 7.5 pounds and a standard deviation of 0.8 pounds.
1. What percent of newborn babies weigh more than 8.3 pounds?
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Use the Empirical Rule to answer the questions below:
The distribution of weights for newborn babies is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 7.5 pounds and a standard deviation of 0.8 pounds.
What percent of newborn babies weigh more than 8.3 pounds?
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8.3 pounds is one standard deviation up from the mean 7.5 pounds.


Using the Empirical rule, the ANSWER is  = 0.5 - 0.34 = 0.16 = 16%.

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