INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS (LOOSELEAF)
INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS (LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9780135163146
Author: Gould
Publisher: PEARSON
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Women’s Foot Length According to the Digital Human Modeling Project, the distribution of foot lengths of women is approximately Normal with a mean of 23.1 centimeters and a standard deviation of 1.1 centimeters. In the United States, a women’s shoe size of 6 fits feet that are 22.4 centimeters long. What percentage of women in the United States will wear a size 6 or smaller?

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