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Suppose that in a certain population, individuals’ heights are approximately nor- mally distributed with parameters μ = 70 and σ = 3 in. a. What proportion of the population is over 6 ft. tall? b. What is the distribution of heights if they are expressed in centimeters? In meters?
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