document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1088571>Question 1088571</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Heights of men on a baseball team have a&#8203; bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 174 cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and a standard deviation of 6 cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the empirical&#8203; rule, what is the approximate percentage of the men between the following&#8203; values?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. 162<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cm and 186<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. 168<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cm and 180<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the empirical&#8203; rule, what is the approximate percentage of the men between the following&#8203; values?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. 162 cm and 186cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(162-174)/6 = -12/6 = -2 ; (186-174)/6 = 12/6 = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans:: The empirical Rule states that 95% of the data values are<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. 168cm and 180cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(168-174)/6 = -6/6 = -1 ; (180-174)/6 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans:: The emperical Rule states that 68% of the data values are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "within 1 standard deviation of the mean.<BR>\n" );
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