The heights of adult males in the United States are normally distributed with mean
.
Standard deviation
.
(a)
\If one man is randomly selected.
\Find the probability that an adult male between
and
.
probability that an adult male between
and
is
.
Standardize
to
using
- Score formula.
- Score formula is
.
Where
is standard deviation,
is the mean.

From z - score table the probability is
.

Therefore,
.
\
(b)
\If one man is randomly selected.
\Find the probability that he weight should not exceed 175 lb.
\Probability of man weight exceeds 175 lb is
.
Standardize x to z using z - Score formula.
\z - Score formula is
.
Where σ is standard deviation,
\μ is the mean.
\
From z - score table the probability is
.

Therefore,
.
(a)
.
(b)
.