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Companies who design furniture for elementary school classrooms produce a variety of sizes for kids of different ages. Suppose the heights of kindergarten children can be described by a Normal model with a mean of
39.2inches and standard deviation of1.9inches.
a) What fraction of kindergarten kids should the company expect to be less than 36 inches tall?
About _____?___% of kindergarten kids are expected to be less than
36inches tall.
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