The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 59 ounces and a standard deviation of 7 ounces. Use the Empirical Rule. Suggestion: sketch the distribution in order to answer these questions. a) 99.7% of the widget weights lie between ____and_____ b) What percentage of the widget weights lie between 52 and 80 ounces? c) What percentage of the widget weights lie between 52 and 80 ounces?

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The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 59 ounces and a standard deviation of 7 ounces.

Use the Empirical Rule.

Suggestion: sketch the distribution in order to answer these questions.

 a) 99.7% of the widget weights lie between  ____and_____

b) What percentage of the widget weights lie between 52 and 80 ounces?

c) What percentage of the widget weights lie between 52 and 80 ounces?

 

 

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