Door height based on average population height

Question

The height of men (in inches) in the US is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 68 inches and standard deviation of 3 inches. Suppose a door frame manufacturer wants to build door frames so that only 1% of all men will have to duck while walking through the door. How high does the door frame need to be to accomodate for 99% of men?

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