document.write( "Question 1177178: Adult male heights are normally distributed with a mean of 70 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. The average basketball player is 79 inches tall. Using the empirical rule, approximately what percent of the adult male population is taller than the average basketball player?\r
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document.write( " (1-.997)/2 = .0015  0r .15%\r\n" );
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document.write( "one  standard deviation from the mean accounts for about 68.2% of the set \r\n" );
document.write( "two standard deviations from the mean account for about 95.4%\r\n" );
document.write( "and three standard deviations from the mean account for about 99.7%.****\r\n" );
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