A biologist is studying rainbow trout that live in a certain river and she estimates their mean length to be 526 millimeters. Assume that the lengths of these rainbow trout are normally distributed, with a standard deviation of 84 millimeters. Find the percentage of rainbow trout in the river that are shorter than 358 millimeters.

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A biologist is studying rainbow trout that live in a certain river and she estimates their mean length to be 526 millimeters. Assume that the lengths of these rainbow trout are normally distributed, with a standard deviation of 84 millimeters. Find the percentage of rainbow trout in the river that are shorter than 358 millimeters.

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