At the US Open Tennis Championship a Statistician Keeps Track of Every

Multiple Choice

At the U.S. Open Tennis Championship a statistician keeps track of every serve that a player hits during the tournament. The statistician reported that the mean serve speed of a particular player was 105 miles per hour (mph) and the standard deviation of the serve speeds was 9 mph. If nothing is known about the shape of the distribution, give an interval that will contain the speeds of at least eight-ninths of the player's serves.

A) 69 mph to 141 mph
B) 132 mph to 159 mph
C) 78 mph to 132 mph
D) 87 mph to 123 mph