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

question 97

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 of a particular player was 105 miles per hour (mph) and the standard deviation of the serve speeds was 9 mph. If nothing is known about the shape of the distribution, give an interval that will contain the speeds of at least eight-ninths of the player's serves.

• A) 69 mph to 141 mph
• B) 132 mph to 159 mph
• C) 78 mph to 132 mph
• D) 87 mph to 123 mph

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