The height of a certain population of female teenagers is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 155 cm and a standard deviation of 7 cm. Find the probability that a randomly selected teenager has height (a) between 145 and 165 cm, (b) more than 150 cm, and (c) less than 169 cm.

The height of a certain population of female teenagers is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 155 cm and a standard deviation of 7 cm. Find the probability that a randomly selected teenager has height (a) between 145 and 165 cm, (b) more than 150 cm, and (c) less than 169 cm.

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distributed with a mean of 155 cm and a standard deviation of 7 cm. Find the probability that a randomly selected teenager has height (a) between 145 and 165 cm,
(b) more than 150 cm, and (c) less than 169 cm.

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