A Caribbean resort has a nightly limbo contest on the beach. Participants must be less than 64 inches tall. The distribution of heights of adult American men is approximately normal with mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.5 inches. a. What percent of adult American males could enter this contest? b. How tall would a man have to be for
Chapter 1, Application 1.4 #8
A Caribbean resort has a nightly limbo contest on the beach. Participants must be less than 64 inches tall. The distribution of heights of adult American men is approximately normal with mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.5 inches.
a. What percent of adult American males could enter this contest?
b. How tall would a man have to be for his height to be in the top 15%?
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