Normally Distributed Observations Such as a Person's Weight, Height, or Shoe

question 138

Multiple Choice

Normally distributed observations such as a person's weight, height, or shoe size occur quite frequently in nature. Business people who are aware of this use it to their advantage. A purchasing agent for a large retailer buying 15,000 pairs of women's shoes used the normal curve to decide on the order quantities for the various sizes. If women's average shoe size is 7.5 with a standard deviation of 1.5, how many pairs should be ordered between sizes 6.5 and 9?

• A) 8640
• B) 8849
• C) 8664
• D) 8864
• E) 8940

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