The length of human pregnancies from conception to birth varies according to a distribution that is approximately normal with mean 266 days and standard deviation 16 days. According to the empirical rule, approximately 95% of all pregnancies last between what?

Verified Answer :

The empirical rule says about 95% of any normal distribution lies within two standard deviations of the mean. This means in this case 95% of pregnancies last between

\(266-2\times16=234\)

and

\(266+2\times16=298\)

days.