Question

II.6. Big heads? The army reports that the distribution of head circumference among male soldiers is approximately Normal with mean 22.8 inches and standard deviation 1.1 inches. Use the 68–95–99.7 rule to answer these questions.

  1. (a) Between what values do the middle 95% of head circumferences fall?

  2. (b) What percentage of soldiers have head circumferences greater than 23.9 inches?