The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 46 ounces and a standard deviation of 9 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

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The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 46 ounces and a standard deviation of 9 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 28 and 73 ounces?       %

c) What percentage of the widget weights lie above 37 ?        %

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