The Height of Sixth Grade Students in a Certain Class

question 38

Essay

The height of sixth grade students in a certain class is a random variable with mean in. Assume the height of the students is normally distributed with standard deviation in. Let be the probability that a student will be at least in. tall. Express as an integral of an appropriate density function, and compute its value numerically.

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