At the US Open Tennis Championship a Statistician Keeps Track of Every

question 61

Multiple Choice

At the U.S. Open Tennis Championship a statistician keeps track of every serve that a player hits during the tournament. The statistician reported that the mean serve speed was 100 miles per hour (mph) and the standard deviation of the serve speeds was 15 mph. Assume that the statistician also gave us the information that the distribution of serve speeds was mound-shaped and symmetric.
What percentage of the player's serves were between 115 mph and 145 mph?

• A) at most 13.5%
• B) approximately 16%
• C) at most 2.5%
• D) at most 34%

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