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A soft-drink dispensing machine is set to dispense a certain amount of liquid into drink cups. The amount of liquid that is dispensed by the machine is normally distributed with a mean of 10 ounces and a standard deviation of 1 ounce. Use the Empirical Rule (68%-95%-99.7%) to answer the questions below. Answers may be used more than once, and some answers may not be used at all.

Approximately what percent of the cups contain between 9 and 11 ounces of liquid?

Approximately what percent of the cups contain between 8 and 10 ounces of liquid?

Approximately what percent of the cups contain more than 12 ounces of liquid?

Approximately what percent of the cups contain between 8 and 11 ounces of liquid?

A. 0.15%

B. 2.5%

C. 13.5%

D. 3496

E. 47.5%

F. 49.85%

G. 68%

H. 81.5%

1. 83.85%

J. 95%

K. 99.7%