Drive for Show and Putt for Dough. An article by Scott M. Berry titled "Drive for show and Putt for Dough" discussed driving distances of PGA players. The mean distance for tee shots on the 1999 men's PGA tour is 272.2 yards with a standard deviation of 8.12 yards. Assuming that the 1999 tee-shot distances are normally distributed, answer the questions below. a) Determine the percentage of tee shots that went between 265 and 285 yards.  b) Determine the percentage of tee shots that went more than 285 yards.  c) Determine the 90th percentile for the tee shots.

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  1. Drive for Show and Putt for Dough. An article by Scott M. Berry titled "Drive for show and Putt for Dough" discussed driving distances of PGA players. The mean distance for tee shots on the 1999 men's PGA tour is 272.2 yards with a standard deviation of 8.12 yards. Assuming that the 1999 tee-shot distances are normally distributed, answer the questions below.

    a) Determine the percentage of tee shots that went between 265 and 285 yards. 

    b) Determine the percentage of tee shots that went more than 285 yards. 

    c) Determine the 90th percentile for the tee shots. 

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