6. The police department of a major city has found that the average height of
their 1,250 officers is 71 inches, with a standard deviation of 2.3 inches. Using
the normal curve table, answer the following:
a. How many officers are at least 75 inches tall?
b. How many officers are between 65 and 72 inches tall?
c. If an officer is at the 35th percentile in terms of height, how tall is she or he?
d. Assuming an equal amount of service, the top 10% of the police officers in
terms of height also make higher salaries than their less favored fellow of-
ficers. How tall does an officer have to be to get a better salary?
e. What is the probability of encountering an officer who is 66 inches tall or
less?
f. What heights are so deviant that their probability of occurrence is .05 or
less?