document.write( "Question 647523: The heights of 18-year-old men are approximately normally distributed with mean 68 inches and standard deviation 3 inches. What is the probability that the height of an 18-year-old man selected at random is between 64 inches and 66 inches.\r
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document.write( "a. .1597
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document.write( "b. .2017
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document.write( "c. .3677
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document.write( "d. .8403
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document.write( "e. .3403\r
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document.write( "If possible please show me how the problem is solved so maybe I can figure out as well \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #406272 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The heights of 18-year-old men are approximately normally distributed with mean 68 inches and standard deviation 3 inches. What is the probability that the height of an 18-year-old man selected at random is between 64 inches and 66 inches. \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "When you need to measure propability or percentage, you need to use \n" ); document.write( "the z-scale. \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "z(64) = (64-68)/3 = -1.3333 \n" ); document.write( "z(66) = (66-68)/3 = -0.6667 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "P(64 <= x <= 66) = P(-1.33 <= z <= -0.67) \n" ); document.write( "= normalcdf(-1.3333,-0.6667) = 0.1613 \n" ); document.write( "============================ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "============================== \n" ); document.write( "a. .1597 \n" ); document.write( "b. .2017 \n" ); document.write( "c. .3677 \n" ); document.write( "d. .8403 \n" ); document.write( "e. .3403 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |