Breathing rates for humans can be as low as 4 breaths per minute or as high as 70 or 75 for a person doing strenuous exercise. Suppose that the resting breathing rates for college-age students have a distribution that is mound-shaped, with a mean of 12 and a standard deviation of 2.3 breaths per minute. What fraction of all students would have breathing rates in the following intervals?   (a) 9.7 to 14.3 breaths per minute Answer:___________________________   (b) 7.4 to 16.6 breaths per minute Answer:___________________________   (c) more than 18.9 or less than 5.1 breaths per minute Answer:___________________________

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Breathing rates for humans can be as low as 4 breaths per minute or as high as 70 or 75 for a person doing strenuous exercise. Suppose that the resting breathing rates for college-age students have a distribution that is mound-shaped, with a mean of 12 and a standard deviation of 2.3 breaths per minute.
What fraction of all students would have breathing rates in the following intervals?
 
(a) 9.7 to 14.3 breaths per minute
Answer:___________________________
 
(b) 7.4 to 16.6 breaths per minute
Answer:___________________________
 
(c) more than 18.9 or less than 5.1 breaths per minute
Answer:___________________________
 
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