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

question 85

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 98 miles per hour (mph) and the standard deviation of the serve speeds was 9 mph. Assume that the statistician also gave us the information that the distribution of the serve speeds was mound-shaped and symmetric. What proportion of the player's serves was between 107 mph and 116 mph?

• A) 0.1350
• B) 0.270
• C) 0.95
• D) 116

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