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The heights of adult females are normally distributed with mean 160 cm and standard deviation 8 cm. If 2.5% of tall adult females have a height greater than K cm, the value of K is:

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The heights of adult females are normally distributed with mean 160 cm and standard
deviation 8 cm. If 2.5% of tall adult females have a height greater than K cm, the value
of K is:
O 175.68
O 144.32
O 180.43
None of these

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