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The first thing we have to do is transform the value of the man's height from feet to inches:


\begin{gathered} 1feet\to12inches \\ 6feet\to72inches \\ 6feet+3inches\to75inches \end{gathered}

a) man with 6 feet 3 inches


\begin{gathered} z_(score)=((x-\mu))/(\sigma) \\ \mu=69.1 \\ \sigma=2.65 \\ x=75 \\ z_(score)=((75-69.1))/(2.65) \\ z_(score)=2.23 \end{gathered}

b) Using the calculated value of the previous z score, we search the z table to find the percentage of men smaller than that height.


P(z<2.23)=0.9871

So the percentage is 98.81%

c) A woman with 5 feet 11 inches


5feet+11inches\to71inches
\begin{gathered} \mu=64.7 \\ \sigma=2.51 \\ x=71 \\ z_(score)=((x-\mu))/(\sigma) \\ z_(score)=((71-64.7))/(2.51) \\ z_(score)=2.51 \end{gathered}

d) Using the calculated value of the previous z score, we search the z table to find the percentage of women taller than that height.


\begin{gathered} P(z>2.51)=1-P(z\le2.51) \\ P(z>2.51)=1-0.9940 \\ P(z>2.51)=0.006 \end{gathered}


P(z<2.26)=0.9881

So the percentage is 0.6%

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