Questions 1-2. Consider the data from the Anthropology 105 class. The mean for women is 64.33 inches and the standard deviation is 2.64. The average height of men in the US is approximately 5ft 10in. What proportion of women represented here are shorter than the average man? (Enter answer as a percent rounded to the nearest hundredth as needed)
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