SOLUTION: the height of fully grown roses in the presidents graden is normally distributed with a mean of 16 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. a fully grown rose is picked from th

Question 572910: the height of fully grown roses in the presidents graden is normally distributed with a mean of 16 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. a fully grown rose is picked from the garden. this rose is 7 inches tall. how do you know that there are not many roses of this size? use what you know about normal distributions and probabilities to answer this queston with at least 5 sentences.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 7-inch rose is three standard deviations from the mean, which is a statistically unlikely occurrence.
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