ccording to a study done by UCB students, the height for Asian adult males is normally distributed with an average of 64 inches and a standard deviation of 2.3 inches. Suppose one Martian adult male is randomly chosen. Let X = height of the individual. Round all answers to 2 decimal places where possible.   a. What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(,) b. Find the probability that the person is between 65.3 and 66.6 inches. c. The middle 30% of Asian heights lie between what two numbers? Low: inches High: inches

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According to a study done by UCB students, the height for Asian adult males is normally distributed with an average of 64 inches and a standard deviation of 2.3 inches. Suppose one Martian adult male is randomly chosen. Let X = height of the individual. Round all answers to 2 decimal places where possible.

 


a. What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(,)

b. Find the probability that the person is between 65.3 and 66.6 inches.

c. The middle 30% of Asian heights lie between what two numbers?
Low: inches
High: inches

 

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