SOLUTION: The height of adult males in Japan is approximately normally distributive with mean 68.5 inches and standard deviation of 1.7 inches. (These numbers are fictious.) What percen

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Question 1171485: The height of adult males in Japan is approximately normally
distributive with mean 68.5 inches and standard deviation of 1.7 inches.
(These numbers are fictious.)
What percent of Japanese adult males have a height greater than 72
inches

Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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1 standard deviation away: 68.2% (66.8 to 70.2)
2 standard deviations away: 95.4% (65.1 to 71.9)
3 standard deviations away: 99.7% (63.4 to 73.6)

height greater than 71.9 ==> 100% - 95.4% = 4.6%25