Suppose you have a set of observations that follow a normal distribution with a mean  μ   and standard deviation  σ . Determine the percentage of these observations that differs from the average: a) by less than  1.75σ,  (b) in more than   1.28σ.

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Suppose you have a set of observations that follow a normal distribution with a mean 
μ
 
and standard deviation 
σ

. Determine the percentage of these observations that differs from the average: a) by less than 
1.75σ, 
(b) in more than  
1.28σ.

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