The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 51 ounces and a standard deviation of 8 ounces. Use the Empirical Rule. Suggestion: sketch the distribution in order to answer these questions. a) 68% of the widget weights lie between

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The Acme Company manufactures widgets. The distribution of widget weights is bell-shaped. The widget weights have a mean of 51 ounces and a standard deviation of 8 ounces.

Use the Empirical Rule.

Suggestion: sketch the distribution in order to answer these questions.

a) 68% of the widget weights lie between  

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