SOLUTION: 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
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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?
0.15%
0.30%
49.85%
99.7% Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
Hi
(1-.997)/2 = .0015 0r .15%
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one standard deviation from the mean accounts for about 68.2% of the set
two standard deviations from the mean account for about 95.4%
and three standard deviations from the mean account for about 99.7%.****
