The heights of American adult males are normally distributed with a mean of 177 cm and a standard deviation of 7.4 cm. Use the Empirical Rule to find the range of heights that contain approximately (a) 68% of the data cm -- cm (b) 95% of the data cm -- cm (c) 99.7% of the data cm -- cm

The heights of American adult males are normally distributed with a mean of 177 cm and a standard deviation of 7.4 cm. Use the Empirical Rule to find the range of heights that contain approximately (a) 68% of the data cm -- cm (b) 95% of the data cm -- cm (c) 99.7% of the data cm -- cm

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deviation of 7.4 cm. Use the Empirical Rule to find the range of heights that contain approximately
(a) 68% of the data
cm --
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(b) 95% of the data
cm
cm
(c) 99.7% of the data
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