Assuming that the heights of college women are normally distributed with mean 60 inches and standard deviation 2 inches, what percentage of women are taller than 58 inches?

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Nallasivam V
Mar 1, 2018

Percentage of women taller than 58 inches #=84.13%#

Explanation:

#z=(x-barx)/sigma=(58-60)/2=(-2)/2=-1#

The area required lies between #z=-1 # and #z=oo#
Look at the diagram.
The area is #0.8413#

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Percentage of women taller than 58 inches #=0.8413 xx 100=84.13%#

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