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The height of men in the us follow normal distribution with mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.25.

what percent of men are between 64.5 and 73.5 inches tall?

what percent of men are taller than 71.25 inches?

what is your z score? for ladies N(64,2)

what percent of the population is shorter than you?

what is the height that 90% of men in the us are taller than?

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Answer:

1) what percent of men are between 64.5 and 73.5 inches tall?

= 95.45%

2) what percent of men are taller than 71.25 inches?

= 15.866%

3) what is your z score? for ladies N(64,2)

= 2.5

4) what is the height that 90% of men in the us are taller than?

66.12 inches

Explanation:

We solve using the z score formula

The formula for calculating a z-score is is z = (x-μ)/σ,

where x is the raw score

μ is the population mean

σ is the population standard deviation.

a) what percent of men are between 64.5 and 73.5 inches tall?

mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.25.

For x = 64.5

z = (x-μ)/σ

= 64.5 - 69/2.25

= -2

Probability value from Z-Table:

P(x= 64.5) = 0.02275

For x = 73.5

z = (x-μ)/σ

= 73.5 - 69/2.25

= 2

Probability value from Z-Table:

P(x = 73.5) = 0.97725

Hence, percent of men are between 64.5 and 73.5 inches tall

= 64.5<x < 74.5

P(x = 73.5) - P(x = 64.5)

= 0.97725 - 0.02275

= 0.9545

Converting to percentage = 0.9545

× 100

= 95.45%

b) what percent of men are taller than 71.25 inches?

mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.25.

For x = 64.5

z = (x-μ)/σ

= 71.25 - 69/2.25

= 1

Probability value from Z-Table:

P(x<71.25) = 0.84134

P(x>71.25) = 1 - P(x<71.25)

= 0.15866

Converting to percentage

= 0.15866 × 100

= 15.866%

The percent of men are taller than 71.25 inches is 15.866%

3) what is your z score? for ladies N(64,2)

z = (x-μ)/σ

Mean = 64, standard deviation = 2

x = 69

z = 69 - 64/2

z = 5/2

z = 2.5

4) what is the height that 90% of men in the us are taller than?

10th percentile confidence interval = 90% of men = -1.282

z = (x-μ)/σ

-1.282 = x - 69/2.25

-1.282 × 2.25 = x - 69

2.8845 = x - 69

x = 69 - 2.8845

x = 66.1155

Approximately = 66.12 inches

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