The blood platelet counts of a group of women have a​ bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 262.6 and a standard deviation of 68.1. ​(All units are 1000 ​cells/μ​L.) Using the empirical​ rule, find each approximate percentage below. a. What is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts within 3standard deviations of the​ mean, or between 58.3 and466.9​? b. What is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts between 194.5 and 330.7​?

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The blood platelet counts of a group of women have a​ bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 262.6 and a standard deviation of 68.1.
​(All units are 1000 ​cells/μ​L.)
Using the empirical​ rule, find each approximate percentage below.
a.
What is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts within 3standard deviations of the​ mean, or between 58.3 and466.9​?
b.
What is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts between 194.5 and 330.7​?
 
a. Approximately   ​%of women in this group have platelet counts within
3 standard deviations of the​ mean, or between 58.3 and 466.9.
​(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not​ round.)
 
b. Approximately ​% of women in this group have platelet counts between
194.5 and 330.7.
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Let X = The blood platelet counts of a group of women in 1000 cells/μL

Given that X follows a bell shaped distribution i.e., a normal distribution with mean μ = 262.6 and

standard deviation σ = 68.1

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