The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 46 ounces and a standard deviation of 8 ounces. Use the Standard Deviation Rule, also known as the Empirical Rule. Suggestion: sketch the distribution in order to answer these questions. a) 99.7% of the widget weights lie between  and  b) What percentage of the widget weights lie between 30 and 70 ounces?   c) What percentage of the widget weights lie below 54?

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The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 46 ounces and a standard deviation of 8 ounces.

Use the Standard Deviation Rule, also known as the Empirical Rule.

Suggestion: sketch the distribution in order to answer these questions.

a) 99.7% of the widget weights lie between  and 

b) What percentage of the widget weights lie between 30 and 70 ounces?  

c) What percentage of the widget weights lie below 54?  
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