that the heights of male students are normally distributed with a mean of 70.a inches and a  standard deviation of 2.a inches

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Continuous distribution. Draw a bell shaped curve to show the x and z values and the probability 
asked for.
Assume that the heights of male students are normally distributed with a mean of 70.a inches and a 
standard deviation of 2.a inches. (a=1)

a) Find the probability that male students have a height between the Toronto Maple Leaf’s average 
height of 72.4 in. and the Philadelphia Flyers’ average height of 74.6 in. /3.5
b) Find the height value that separates the tallest 10% of the college students from the rest

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