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The body temperatures of a group of healthy adults have a bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 98.27°F and a standard

deviation of 0.54°F. Using the empirical rule, find each approximate percentage below.
a. What is the approximate percentage of healthy adults with body temperatures within 1 standard deviation of the mean, or
between 97.73 °F and 98.81°F?

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Answer: follow this you'll be able to solve it

Step-by-step explanation: mean = 98.11F

standard deviation = 0.56F

99.79 – 98.11 = 1.68 = 3 standard deviations

96.43 – 98.11 = –1.68 = –3 standard deviations

96.43F and ​99.79F are 3 standard deviations from the mean 98.11F.

By the empirical rule we know that 99.7% of the data lies within 3 standard deviation of the mean.

Approximately 68% of healthy adults in this group have body temperatures within 1 standard of the​ mean, or between 97.55F and 98.67F.

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