document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1171647>Question 1171647</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height of adult males in Japan is approximately normally <BR>\n" );
document.write( "distributive with mean 68.5 inches and standard deviation of 1.7 inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(These numbers are fictious.) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) What percent of Japanese adult males have a height between 68 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "inches and 69.2 inches?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #796767 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=796767\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z=(x-mean)/sd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z68 is -0.5/1.7 or -0.29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z69.2 is 0.7/1.7 or +0.41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that probability of z in between these is 0.2732 or 27.3%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "unrounded may use 2nd VARS2normalcdf(68,69.2,68.5,1.7)ENTER and get 0.2754 or 27.5%. Usually, z values to two decimal places have been used, but that was in the pre-calculator era. </SPAN>\n" );
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