Question: Question 6:

Women in the U.S. Air Force have hands that are 6.9 inches long on the average (from the tip of the middle finger to the heel of the hand). The standard deviation is .34 inches. Assume that hand length is normally distributed.

a) What proportion have hands longer than 7 inches?

b) What proportion would have hands shorter than 6 inches?

c) What proportion would have hands 6.5 to 7.2 inches long?

d) Of 3000 personnel, how many would have hands longer than 7.5 inches (the mean for male Air Force personnel)?

e) How long would a woman’s hand have to be to put her among the 10% with the longest hands?