document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1175993>Question 1175993</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult men have heights with a mean of 69.0 inches and a standard deviation of 2.8 inches. Find the height of a man with a z-score of 0.3929 (to 4 decimal places) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #801828 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=801828\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z=(x-mean)/sd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.3929*2.8=1.1001 in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-mean=1.10 in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height is 70.1001 inches (ignoring significant digits)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Often, z-scores are to two decimal places and the probability given is to four decimal places. I used this as written, as a z-score.  If it were written the height of a man at the 39.29th percentile, it would be different. </SPAN>\n" );
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