he average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation of 1.4 inch. If waist sizes are normally distributed, estimate the proportion of teenagers who will have waist sizes greater than 31 inches?

he average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation of 1.4 inch. If waist sizes are normally distributed, estimate the proportion of teenagers who will have waist sizes greater than 31 inches?

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