Concept explainers
To find: The percent of young women that have height between 62 and 72 inches.
Answer to Problem 1.3CYU
The percentage is 68.27%.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The distribution is following mean with mean = 64.5 and standard deviation = 2.5.
Formula used:
The formula to compute the z-score is:
Calculation:
Consider, X is the random variable that follows the
The percent of young women that have height between 62 and 72 inches can be calculated as
Thus, the required percentage is 68.27%
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