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Transcribed Image Text:The systolic blood pressure of 18-year-old women is a roughly bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 120 mmHg and a standard
deviation of 12 mmHg. What percentage of 18-year-old women have a systolic blood pressure between 96 mmHg and 144 mmHg?
O a. 97%
O b. 68.2%
O c. 99.7%
O d. 95.4%
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