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8 May, 18:49

Assume that military aircraft use ejection seats designed for men weighing between 135.2135.2 lb and 206206 lb. If women's weights are normally distributed with a mean of 173.7173.7 lb and a standard deviation of 46.446.4 lb, what percentage of women have weights that are within those limits? Are many women excluded with those specifications?

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  1. 8 May, 21:02
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    P (135.2 < x < 206) = 55.5%

    Although, 55.5% is more than half of the women, but a whooping 44.5% of the women will still be left out, hence, a large percentage of women are still out of the range of allowable weights for ejection seats in the aircrafts.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Given,

    μ = mean for the women's weight = 173.7 lb

    σ = standard deviation for the women's weight = 46.4 lb

    To find the percentage of women's weight distributed within the limit (135.2 < x < 206)

    This is a normal distribution problem

    We need to find P (135.2 < x < 206.0)

    First of, we normalize/standardize the two weights of interest.

    The standardized score for a value is the value minus the mean then divided by the standard deviation.

    For 135.2 lb

    z = (x - μ) / σ = (135.2 - 173.7) / 46.4 = - 0.83

    For 206 lb

    z = (x - μ) / σ = (206 - 173.7) / 46.4 = 0.70

    P (135.2 < x < 206) = P (-0.83 < z < 0.70)

    We'll use data from the normal probability table for these probabilities

    P (135.2 < x < 206) = P (-0.83 < z < 0.70) = P (z < 0.70) - P (z < - 0.83)

    P (z < 0.7) = 1 - P (z ≥ 0.7) = 1 - P (z ≤ - 0.7) = 1 - 0.242 = 0.758

    P (z < - 0.83) = 1 - P (z ≥ - 0.83) = 1 - P (z ≤ 0.83) 1 - 0.797 = 0.203

    P (z - 0.83) = 0.758 - 0.203 = 0.555 = 55.5%
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