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Suppose that the distance of fly balls hit to the outfield (in baseball) is
b. Find the probability that a randomly hit fly ball travels less than 295 feet. Round to 4 decimal places.
c. Find the 90th percentile for the distribution of distance of fly balls. Round to 2 decimal places. feet
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