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Posted by Diana on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 9:46pm.

heights of young adult u.s women are approximatelynormal with mean 64 inches and standard deviation 2.7 inches. What proportion of all u.s. young adult women are taller than 6 feet?

statistics - PsyDAG, Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:45am
Z = (score - mean)/SD

Z = [(6*12)-64]/2.7

Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion related to that Z score.
statistics - Larry, Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 4:03pm
0.15%

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