Adult men have heights with a mean of 69.0 inches and a standard deviation of 2.8 inches. Find the height of a man with a z-score of 3.2 (to 2 decimal places)

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The z-score tells us how many standard deviations above the mean we are. Thus letting h be our desired height we have (h - 69)/2.8 = 3.2. Solving this equation gives h = 77.96 inches.