the height of a type of plant is a normal distribution some plants are tall and some are short but most are in between what is most likely true about this trait

Biology · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021

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If the height of a type of plant follows a normal distribution, the most likely true aspects about this trait are:

1. The plant heights are symmetrically distributed around the mean, which means the average or most common height is at the center of the distribution.

2. Most plants will have a height close to the mean, and the probability of finding plants with heights much higher or much lower than the mean decreases the further away you get from the mean.

3. The distribution of plant heights will follow a bell-shaped curve, with the tails of the curve approaching the horizontal axis but never actually touching it.

4. Approximately 68% of the plants will have a height within one standard deviation of the mean, 95% within two standard deviations of the mean, and 99.7% within three standard deviations, according to the empirical rule (68-95-99.7 rule).

5. The mean, median, and mode of the plant heights will all be the same, because a normal distribution is symmetrical.

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