A survey found that woman's heights are normally distributed with mean 63.8 in. and standard deviation 2.3 in. A branch of the military requires women's height to be between 58 in and 80 in.
a. Find the percentage of women meeting the height requirement . Are many women being denied the opportunity to join this branch of the military because they are too short or too tall?
b. If this branch of the military changes the height requirements so that all women are eligible except the shortest 1% and the tallest 2% what are the new height requirements?
A. The percentage of women who meet the height requirement is ? (round to two decimal places as needed)
Are many women being denied the opportunity to join this branch of the military because they are too short or too tall?
a. No because only a small percentage of women are not allowed to join this branch of military because of their height
b. Yes, because the percentage of women who meet the requirement is fairly large.
c. Yes, because a large percentage of women are not allowed to join this branch of military because of their height
d. No, because the percentage of women who meet the height requirement is fairly small