Charles Darwin recorded the heights, in inches, of a strange (see part b) species of shrubsthat he discovered on a remote island as follows: "I measured 800 plants. Thedistribution of their heights is mound-shaped and symmetrical and has a variance of 9.One plant, whose height was 4 inches, falls at the 33rd percentile of the distribution".a) Approximately how many of the 800 plants in this sample are between 8.5 and 10.5inches tall
Charles Darwin recorded the heights, in inches, of a strange (see part b) species of shrubsthat he discovered on a remote island as follows: "I measured 800 plants. Thedistribution of their heights is mound-shaped and symmetrical and has a variance of 9.One plant, whose height was 4 inches, falls at the 33rd percentile of the distribution".a) Approximately how many of the 800 plants in this sample are between 8.5 and 10.5inches tall
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Charles Darwin recorded the heights, in inches, of a strange (see part b) species of shrubs
that he discovered on a remote island as follows: "I measured 800 plants. The
distribution of their heights is mound-shaped and symmetrical and has a variance of 9.
One plant, whose height was 4 inches, falls at the 33rd percentile of the distribution".
a) Approximately how many of the 800 plants in this sample are between 8.5 and 10.5
inches tall
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