SOLUTION: One hundred boys in Year 9 were weighed. Their mean mass was found to be 62 kg with a standard deviation of 6.0 kg. Find approximately: (a) the percentage of students with a ma

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Question 1193565: One hundred boys in Year 9 were weighed. Their mean mass was found to be 62 kg with a standard deviation of 6.0 kg. Find approximately:
(a) the percentage of students with a mass between 56 kg and 68 kg
(b) the percentage of students with a mass between 50 kg and 74 kg
(c) the percentage of students with a mass of more than 74 kg.

Answer by ikleyn(52810)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is about finding the area under the normal curve.

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