Suppose the entire length of one basketball game (including rests, timeouts) follows a normal distribution with mean 130 minutes and standard deviation of 10 minutes. For a randomly selected basketball game, the entire length is at the 70th percentile. Use the empirical rule (68-95-99.7) , estimate the length of this game.  Group of answer choices This game is more than 150 minutes This game is a bit more than 140 minutes This game is less than 140 minutes This game is less than 130 minutes.

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Suppose the entire length of one basketball game (including rests, timeouts) follows a normal distribution with mean 130 minutes and standard deviation of 10 minutes.

For a randomly selected basketball game, the entire length is at the 70th percentile. Use the empirical rule (68-95-99.7) , estimate the length of this game. 

Group of answer choices
This game is more than 150 minutes
This game is a bit more than 140 minutes
This game is less than 140 minutes
This game is less than 130 minutes.
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