Heights of 10 year olds, regardless of gender, closely follow a normal distribution with mean 55 inches and standard deviation 6 inches.   (a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen 10 year old is shorter than 48 inches? (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen 10 year old is between 60 and 65 inches? (c) If the tallest 10% of the class is considered “very tall”, what is the height cuto↵ for “very tall”? (d) The height requirement for Batman the Ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain is 54 inches. What percent of 10 year olds cannot go on this ride?

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Heights of 10 year olds, regardless of gender, closely follow a normal distribution with mean 55 inches and standard deviation 6 inches.

 

(a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen 10 year old is shorter than 48 inches?

(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen 10 year old is between 60 and 65 inches?

(c) If the tallest 10% of the class is considered “very tall”, what is the height cuto↵ for “very

tall”?

(d) The height requirement for Batman the Ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain is 54 inches. What

percent of 10 year olds cannot go on this ride?

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(a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen 10 year old is shorter than 48 inches?

(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen 10 year old is between 60 and 65 inches?

(c) If the tallest 10% of the class is considered “very tall”, what is the height cuto↵ for “very

tall”?

(d) The height requirement for Batman the Ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain is 54 inches. What

percent of 10 year olds cannot go on this ride?

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