A certain group of test subjects had pulse rates with a mean of 80.9 beats per minute and a standard deviation of 10.7 beats per minute. Use the range rule of thumb to identify the limits separating values that are significantly low or significantly high. Is a pulse rate of 142.3 beats per minute significantly low or significantly high?

We want to find the usual limits using the rule of thumb and for this case rule states that we have most of the values within 2 deviations from the mean so then we can find the usual limits like this:

And for this case a value of 142.3 is higher than the upper limti so then we can conclude that would be significantly high with the rule of thumb criteria

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case we have the follwing info given:

represent the mean

represent the deviation

We want to find the usual limits using the rule of thumb and for this case rule states that we have most of the values within 2 deviations from the mean so then we can find the usual limits like this:

And for this case a value of 142.3 is higher than the upper limti so then we can conclude that would be significantly high with the rule of thumb criteria