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ecohelp
09-18-2005, 10:50 AM
2 questions....

1. Suppose that the distribution of annual salaries for sales associates at this store is bell-shaped. Use the empirical rule to calculate the percentage of sales associates with salaries between $30,000 and $35,000.

answer is: approximately 68%
how is that? how do you come up with that answer? I'm lost and confused.



2. A company plans to interview 10 recent graduates for possible employment. The company has 3 positions open. How many groups of 3 can the company select?

answer is: 120
I attempted to us the counting rule for combinations, but I came up with a totally different answer....can someone please go through the step by step process of solving this one please?

quark
09-19-2005, 12:37 AM
I think you need to know the mean and standard deviation to apply the empirical rule. I'm lost too.