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In the 2009 NFL regular season, quarterback Philip Rivers of the San Diego Chargers had an average of 266 passing yards per game with a standard deviation of 79 yards. Between which two values do you expect the middle 68% of his performance to be?

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A. 108 and 424
B. 29 and 503
C. 187 and 345
D. 0 and 582

User Beeselmane
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Answer:

C. 187 and 345

Explanation:

The Empirical Rule states that, for a normally distributed random variable:

Approximately 68% of the measures are within 1 standard deviation of the mean.

Approximately 95% of the measures are within 2 standard deviations of the mean.

Approximately 99.7% of the measures are within 3 standard deviations of the mean.

In this problem, we have that:

Mean of 266 yards per game, standard deviation of 79 yards.

Between which two values do you expect the middle 68% of his performance to be?

By the Empirical Rule, within 1 standard deviation of the mean. So between 266 - 79 = 187 yards and 266 + 79 = 345 yards. The correct answer is given by option C.

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