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Interpreting Standard Deviation
3. Describing Data Numerically / Interpreting Standard Deviation / Problem 5
Problem 5

A wildlife biologist measures the time between sightings of a rare bird. In a sample of n=120n=120 sightings, the mean time between sightings is 45.545.5 minutes, with a standard deviation of 12.512.5 minutes. Using Chebyshev's Theorem, at least how many of the times were between 20.520.5 minutes and 70.570.5 minutes?