The heights of American adult males are normally distributed with a mean of 177 cm and a standard deviation of 7.4 cm. Use the Empirical Rule to find the range of heights that contain approximately (a) 68% of the data

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The heights of American adult males are normally distributed with a mean of 177 cm and a standard deviation of 7.4 cm. Use the Empirical Rule to find the range of heights that contain approximately

(a) 68% of the data

Is it correct answer 169.6 cm  and 184.4 cm?

(b) 95% of the data

Is it correct answer 162.2 cm  and 191.8 cm?

(c) 99.7% of the data

Is it correct answer 154.8 cm  and 199.2 cm?

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