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Adults' heights example

The heights of adults aged between 18 and 35 years are normally distributed. For males, the mean height is 70 inches with a standard deviation of 4. Adult females have a mean height of 65 inches with a standard deviation of 3.5. You can see how the heights are distributed in this plot:

Adults heights distribution for male and female

Using the previous information, complete the following exercises.

For your convenience, norm has been imported from the library scipy.stats.

Instructions 1/4
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  • 1

    Print the range of female heights one standard deviation from the mean.

    • 2

      Print the value where the tallest males fall with 0.01 probability.

    • 3

      Print the probability of being taller than 73 inches for a male and for a female.

    • 4

      Print the probability of being shorter than 61 inches for a male and for a female.

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