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The systolic blood pressure of a group of 18-year-old women is normally distributed with a mean of 120 mmHg and a standard deviation of 12 mmHg. What percent of 18-year-old women in this group have a systolic blood pressure between 108 mmHg and 132 mmHg?

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68-95-99.7 rule is called empirical rule: it means that around 68% of ...

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