SOLUTION: The heights of all female college basketball players are normally distributed with a mean of 68 inches and a standard deviation of 2 inches. The probability that the height of a ra

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Question 317225: The heights of all female college basketball players are normally distributed with a mean of 68 inches and a standard deviation of 2 inches. The probability that the height of a randomly selected female college basketball player is between 65.5 and 70.5 inches is?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the z scores.
z=%28x-mu%29%2Fsigma
z1=%2865.5-68%29%2F2=-1.25
z2=%2870.5-68%29%2F2=1.25
P%28z1%29=0.10565
P%28z2%29=0.89435
P(65.5%3Cx%3C70.5)=P%28z2%29-P%28z1%29=0.89435-0.10565=highlight%280.789%29