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Using the normal distribution, it is found that the minimum table clearance required to satisfy the requirements of fitting 95% of men is of 23.6 in.
Normal Probability Distribution
In a normal distribution with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex], the z-score of a measure X is given by:
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
- It measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean.
- After finding the z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score, which is the percentile of X.
In this problem, for men's knee heights, we have that:
- The mean is of [tex]\mu = 21.8[/tex].
- The standard deviation is of [tex]\sigma = 1.1[/tex].
The 95th percentile is X when Z has a p-value of 0.95, so X when Z = 1.645, then:
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]1.645 = \frac{X - 21.8}{1.1}[/tex]
[tex]X - 21.8 = 1.1(1.645)[/tex]
[tex]X = 23.6[/tex]
The minimum table clearance required to satisfy the requirements of fitting 95% of men is of 23.6 in.
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