Here are the lengths (in feet) of 44 great white sharks: A dotplot of the data and
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Here are the lengths (in feet) of 44 great white sharks:
A dotplot of the data and summary statistics are shown below. Is this distribution of shark length approximately Normal? Justify your answer based on the graph and the 68–95–99.7 rule.
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18.7 12.3 18.6 16.4 15.7 18.3 14.6 15.8 14.9 17.6 12.1 16.4 16.7 17.8 16.2 12.6 17.8 13.8 12.2 15.2 14.7 12.4 13.2 15.8 14.3 16.6 9.4 18.2 13.2 13.6 15.3 16.1 13.5 19.1 16.2 22.8 16.8 13.6 13.2 15.7 19.7 18.7 13.2 16.8
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