Question

Suppose that the heights of men, in CM, are normally distributed. If the average man is 175 cm tall and the standard deviation of heights is 15 cm, at least how tall must a man be to make it into the 85th percentile? Enter your response rounded to 1 decimal place. For example, if you think the answer is 185.46 cm, then type 185.5 into the blank below

Answer 1

Given,

Mean Height = 175, Standard deviation =15

  

  

....by using statistical table.   

  

  

therefore,190.5 cm tall must a man be to make it into the 85th percentile