Question 1186868: The mean height of an adult giraffe is 17 feet. Suppose that the distribution is normally distributed with standard deviation 0.9 feet. Let X be the height of a randomly selected adult giraffe. Round all answers to 4 decimal places where possible.
c. What is the Z-score for a giraffe that is 18.5 foot tall?
d. What is the probability that a randomly selected giraffe will be shorter than 17.5 feet tall?
e. What is the probability that a randomly selected giraffe will be between 16.7 and 17.2 feet tall?
f. The 70th percentile for the height of giraffes is
ft.
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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