A Sample of Basketball Players Has a Mean Height of 75

question 140

Essay

A sample of basketball players has a mean height of 75 inches and a standard deviation of 5 inches. You know nothing else about the size of the data or the shape of the data distribution.
Which rule(s) can you use to describe the data?
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Explain.
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Approximately what proportion of measurements will fall between 60 and 90?
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Approximately what proportion of measurements will fall between 65 and 85?
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Approximately what proportion of measurements will fall below 65?
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