Worked Example 7

The heights, in metres, of female and male students in a school follow normal distributions with the following data.

Find the probability that

(i)

Two randomly selected male are taller than twice a randomly selected female.

(ii)

A randomly selected male student is taller than a randomly selected female student by at least $20$ cm.

(iii)

The difference in height between a randomly selected male and a female is more than $30$ cm.

(iv)

The heights of two randomly selected female students both exceed $1.5$ m.

(v)

The total height of two randomly selected female students is more than $3$ m.

Comment on the difference in answers for part (iv) and (v).

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