Calculation of percentage based on z value
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Women's heights are normally distributed with mean 63.6 and standard deviation of 2.5 in. A social organization for tall people has a requirement that women must be at least 70 in tall. What percentage of women meet that requirement?
The percentage of women that are taller than 70 in is ______(Round to two decimal places as needed)
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Here is how the problem can be solved. First, calculate the z score. z=(70-average)/standard ...
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