SOLUTION: heights of men on a baseball team have a bell-shaped distributon with a mean of 185cm and a standard deviation of 6cm. using the empirical rule, what is the approximate percentage

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Question 899134: heights of men on a baseball team have a bell-shaped distributon with a mean of 185cm and a standard deviation of 6cm. using the empirical rule, what is the approximate percentage of the men between the following values?
a.179cm and 191cm
b.173cm and 197 cm
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a.179cm and 191cm  1SD, 68%

b.173cm and 197 cm 2 SD, 95%

one  standard deviation from the mean accounts for about 68% of the set 

two standard deviations from the mean account for about 95%