The shortest living man's height was more extreme.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have been given that the the tallest living man at one time had a height of 262 cm. The shortest living man at that time had a height of 68.6 cm. Heights of men at that time had a mean of 175.32 cm and a standard deviation of 8.17 cm.
First of all, we will find z-scores for both heights suing z-score formula.
Since the data point with a z-score is more away from the mean than data point with a z-score , therefore, the shortest living man's height was more extreme.