The heights of the adults in one town have a mean of 66.8 inches and a standard deviation of 3.5 inches. what can you conclude from chebyshev's theorem about the percentage of adults in the town whose heights are between 56.3 and 77.3 inches?

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At least 88.9% of the adults will have heights between 56.3 and 77.3 inches. First, determine how many standard deviations from the mean the lower and upper limits are. lower limit 66.8 - 56.3 = 10.5 10.5 / 3.5 = 3 standard deviations. upper limit 77.3 - 66.8 = 10.5 10.5 / 3.5 = 3 standard deviations. Chebyshev's theorem applies to all data sets and one of its claims is that at least 8/9 of the data points will lie within 3 standard deviations of the mean. Since you desire a percentage, do the division. 8/9 = .88888 = 88.9%