The distribution of the height of males in the U.S. is roughly normally distributed with a mean of 70 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. (a) Draw a normal curve with the parameters labeled. (b) Shade the region on your drawing that represents the proportion of males in the U.S. that are 68 inches tall or taller. (c) Suppose the area under the normal curve to the right of x=74 is 0.0912. Provide two interpretations of this result.
The distribution of the height of males in the U.S. is roughly normally distributed with a mean of 70 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. (a) Draw a normal curve with the parameters labeled. (b) Shade the region on your drawing that represents the proportion of males in the U.S. that are 68 inches tall or taller. (c) Suppose the area under the normal curve to the right of x=74 is 0.0912. Provide two interpretations of this result.
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The distribution of the height of males in the U.S. is roughly
(a) Draw a normal curve with the parameters labeled.
(b) Shade the region on your drawing that represents the proportion of males in the U.S. that are 68 inches tall or taller.
(c) Suppose the area under the normal curve to the right of x=74 is 0.0912. Provide two interpretations of this result.
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