SOLUTION: Heights of women have a​ bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 161 cm and a standard deviation of 5 cm. Using​ Chebyshev's theorem, what do we know about the percentage of wo

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Question 1132740: Heights of women have a​ bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 161 cm and a standard deviation of 5 cm. Using​ Chebyshev's theorem, what do we know about the percentage of women with heights that are within 2 standard deviations of the​ mean? What are the minimum and maximum heights that are within 2 standard deviations of the​ mean?
At least _____​% of women have heights within 2 standard deviations of 161 cm.
(Round to the nearest percent as​ needed.)
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Chebyshev's Theorem

For any numerical data set,

at least 3/4 of the data lie within two standard deviations of the mean

at least 8/9 of the data lie within three standard deviations of the mean


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