Question: The Empirical Rule Based on Data Set 1 in Appendix: Data Sets, blood platelet counts of women have a bell-shaped distribution with a mean of

The Empirical Rule Based on Data Set 1 in Appendix: Data Sets, blood platelet counts of women have a bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 280 and a standard deviation of 65.
(All units are 1000 cells/mL.) Using the empirical rule, what is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts

a. within 2 standard deviations of the mean, or between 150 and 410?

b. between 215 and 345?

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