A survey found that women's heights are normally distributed with mean 63.9 in and standard deviation 2.2 in. A branch
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 12:54 pm
A survey found that women's heights are normally
distributed with mean 63.9 in and standard deviation 2.2 in. A
branch of the military requires women's heights to be between
58 in and 80 in.
a. Find the percentage of women meeting the height requirement.
Are many women being denied the opportunity to join this branch of
the military because they are too short or too tall?
b. If this branch of the military changes the height
requirements so that all women are eligible except the
shortest 1% and the tallest 2%, what are the new
height requirements?
a. The percentage of women who meet the height requirement
is
enter your response here%.
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Part 2
Are many women being denied the opportunity to join this branch
of the military because they are too short or too tall?
A.
No, because the percentage of women who meet the height
requirement is fairly small.
B.
Yes, because the percentage of women who meet the height
requirement is fairly large.
C.
No, because only a small percentage of women are not allowed to
join this branch of the military because of their height.
D.
Yes, because a large percentage of women are not allowed to
join this branch of the military because of their height.
Part 3
b. For the new height requirements, this branch of the
military requires women's heights to be at least
enter your response here
in and at most
enter your response here
in.
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
distributed with mean 63.9 in and standard deviation 2.2 in. A
branch of the military requires women's heights to be between
58 in and 80 in.
a. Find the percentage of women meeting the height requirement.
Are many women being denied the opportunity to join this branch of
the military because they are too short or too tall?
b. If this branch of the military changes the height
requirements so that all women are eligible except the
shortest 1% and the tallest 2%, what are the new
height requirements?
a. The percentage of women who meet the height requirement
is
enter your response here%.
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Part 2
Are many women being denied the opportunity to join this branch
of the military because they are too short or too tall?
A.
No, because the percentage of women who meet the height
requirement is fairly small.
B.
Yes, because the percentage of women who meet the height
requirement is fairly large.
C.
No, because only a small percentage of women are not allowed to
join this branch of the military because of their height.
D.
Yes, because a large percentage of women are not allowed to
join this branch of the military because of their height.
Part 3
b. For the new height requirements, this branch of the
military requires women's heights to be at least
enter your response here
in and at most
enter your response here
in.
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)