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I. Use Chebyshevs theorem to find what percent of the values will fall between 162 and 292 for a data set with a mean of 227 and standard deviation of 13.

II. Use the Empirical Rule to find what two values 99.7% of the data will fall between for a data set with a mean of 246 and standard deviation of 16.

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The solution uses Chebyshevs Theorem and Empirical Rule to answer the given questions.

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Upper value of data (Xh) = 292

Lower value of data (Xl) = 162

Mean (u) = 227

Standard deviation (SD) = 13

Chebyshev's theorem:
Pr(|X - u| >= k*SD) <= 1/k^2

|Xh- u| = |292 - 227| = ...

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