document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973725>Question 973725</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Heights of men on a baseball team have a bell shaped distribution with a mean of 170 cm and a standard deviation of 7 cm. Using the empirical rule what is the approximate percentage of the men between the following values?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A)____% of the men are between 163cm and 177cm?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)____% of the men are between 149cm and 191cm?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so if i take 163-170= -7/7= -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "177-170=7/7=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "149-170=-21/7-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "191-170= 21/7=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show the work so I can fully understand how this is done. Thank you!<BR>\n" );
document.write( " how do i get the percentages from here? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #595802 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=595802\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You're off to a good start. You have found that if x = 163, then z = -1. Also, if x = 177, then z = +1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The empirical rule states that roughly 68% (shown in <font color=\"blue\">blue</font>) of the popluation is between z = -1 and z = +1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Source: <a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"http://www.nku.edu/~statistics/212_Using_the_Empirical_Rule.htm\">http://www.nku.edu/~statistics/212_Using_the_Empirical_Rule.htm</a>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer to the blank in part A is 68\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You also found that if x = 149, then z = -3. If x = 191, then z = +3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the same drawing above, but now focus on the 99.7% portion in <font color=\"red\">red</font>. That says 99.7% of the population is within 3 standard deviations of the mean\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer to the blank in part A is 99.7\r<BR>\n" );
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