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The blood platelet counts of a group of women have a bell-shaped distribution with a mean of 264.8 and a standard deviation of 60.4. (All units are 1000 cells/muL.) Using the empirical rule, find each approximate percentage below. a. What is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts within 3 standard deviations of the mean, or between 83.6 and 446.0? b. What is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts between 144.0 and 385.6? a. Approximately nothing% of women in this group have platelet counts within 3 standard deviations of the mean, or between 83.6 and 446.0.