document.write( "Question 985377: It's Math 243 (Intro Probabil & Stats).\r
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A woman at the men's average height is (69.9-64.3)/2.7 sd from the mean or a z-score of +2.074.
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\n" ); document.write( "This becomes a problem of the probability of having a z-score greater than +2.074.
\n" ); document.write( "It is 0.0190, or 1.9%.
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