The Average Height of Flowering Cherry Trees in a Nursery

question 60

Multiple Choice

The average height of flowering cherry trees in a nursery is 9.5 feet. If the heights are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1.3, find the probability that a tree is less than 11.5 feet tall.

• A) 0.82
• B) 0.94
• C) 0.97
• D) 0.88

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