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Using Chebyshev’s Theorem, determine the minimum percentage of observations from a distribution that would be expected to fall within 3, 3.5 and 4 standard deviations of the

Age Range	Number of Employees
20--24	8
25--29	37
30--34	25
35--39	48
40--44	27
45--49	10

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