document.write( "Question 1160934: Heights of men on a baseball team have a bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 172 cm and a standard deviation of 6 cm. Using the empirical rule, what is the approximate percentage of the men between the following values?
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document.write( "(a)  Interval [154,190] is three standard deviations from the mean.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     So, the empirical rule for 3 standard deviations is applicable in this case,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     giving the ANSWER that the height of approximately 99.7% of the men is in this interval.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  Interval [160,184] is two standard deviations from the mean.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     So, the empirical rule for 2 standard deviations is applicable in this case,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     giving the ANSWER that the height of approximately 95% of the men is in this interval.\r\n" );
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