Suppose that an airline uses a seat width of 16.7 in. Assume that men have hip breadths that are normally distributed with a mean of 14.2 inches, and a standard deviation of 1in.  Find the probability that if an individual man is randomly selected that his hip breadths will be greater than 16.7 in.

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Suppose that an airline uses a seat width of 16.7 in. Assume that men have hip breadths that are normally distributed with a mean of 14.2 inches, and a standard deviation of 1in. 

Find the probability that if an individual man is randomly selected that his hip breadths will be greater than 16.7 in.

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