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You're in charge of an egg farm that produces 10,000 eggs a week. The egg weights are normally distributed, with mean 7.2 ounces, and standard deviation 0.2 ounces. According to the three rules of thumb for the normal distribution:

First rule of thumb: [A] of the eggs will have weights between [B] ounces and [C] ounces

Second rule of thumb [E] of the eggs will have weights between [F] and [G] ounces

Third rule of thumb: [H] of the eggs will have weights between [I] and [J] ounces.

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68% should weigh between 7.2 - 0.2 and 7.2 + 0.2

First rule of thumb: [A] of the eggs will have weights between [6.8] ounces and [7.4] ounce

95% should weigh between 7.2 - 0.2(1.96) and 7.2 + 0.2(1.96)

Second rule of thumb [E] of the eggs will have weights between [6.8] and [7.6] ounce.

99.7% should weigh between 7.2 - 0.2(3) and 7.2+ 0.2(3)

Third rule of thumb: [H] of the eggs will have weights between [6.6] and [7.8] ounces

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