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Men have heights with a mean of 176 cm and a standard deviation of 7 cm. Charles Darwin had a height of 182 cm. Convert Darwin's height to a z score.

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Let's use the expression for zz score of a population (referring to all men)

z=xxσ=67=0.86z=\frac{x-\overline{x}}{\sigma} = \frac{6}{7} = 0.86

where xxx-\overline{x} is the difference between Darwin's height and the mean height of men, and σ\sigma is standard deviation of men heights.

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