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Kentucky Fish and Wildlife claim that a new lake in a city park has fish of various sizes with a mean
length of 7.5 inches and a standard deviation of 0.3 in. The distribution of the lengths of these fish is
approximately normal.
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a) Given the mean and standard deviation for Fish and Wildlife's claim, label the diagram of the
normal distribution that represents this situation. Be sure to label all parts of the distribution
that correspond to the mean, +1 standard deviation, +1 standard deviation, etc. in the blanks
below.
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b) In this diagram, approximately what percentage of fish are between -1 standard deviations and
+1 standard deviations?
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