The heights of a certain plant species are normally distributed. What height is 2 standard deviations greater than the arithmetic mean height of the plant species? (1) The arithmetic mean height is 32.8 centimeters. (2) The standard deviation of the heights is 2.4 centimeters.

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The heights of a certain plant species are normally distributed. What height is 2 standard deviations greater than the arithmetic mean height of the plant species? (1) The arithmetic mean height is 32.8 centimeters. (2) The standard deviation of the heights is 2.4 centimeters.