Engineers want to design seats in commercial aircraft so that they are wide enough to fit 99​% of all males.​ (Accommodating 100% of males would require very wide seats that would be much too​ expensive.) Men have hip breadths that are normally distributed with a mean of 14.6   in. and a standard deviation of 0.8 in. Find P99. That​ is, find the hip breadth for men that separates the smallest 99​% from the largest 1​%.       Question content area bottom Part 1 The hip breadth for men that separates the smallest 99​% from the largest 1​% is P99=enter your response here in.

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Engineers want to design seats in commercial aircraft so that they are wide enough to fit
99​%
of all males.​ (Accommodating 100% of males would require very wide seats that would be much too​ expensive.) Men have hip breadths that are normally distributed with a mean of
14.6  
in. and a standard deviation of
0.8
in. Find
P99.
That​ is, find the hip breadth for men that separates the smallest
99​%
from the largest
1​%.
 
 
 

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The hip breadth for men that separates the smallest
99​%
from the largest
1​%
is
P99=enter your response here
in.
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