Normally distributed observations such as a person's weight, height, or shoe size occur quite frequently in nature. Business people who are aware of this use it to their advantage. A purchasing agent for a large retailer buying 15,000 pairs of women's shoes used the normal curve to decide on the order quantities for the various sizes. If women's average shoe size is 7.5 with a standard deviation of 1.5, how many pairs should be ordered between sizes 6.5 and 9?
Select one:
A. 8640
B. 8864
C. 8940
D. 8849
E. 8664