Need answers ASAP. (x + 3)^2 = 12 ?

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Pls if a cow has a mass of 9×10^2 kilograms, and a blue whale has a mass of 1.8×10^5 kilograms, which of these statements is true?

The distribution of the amount of money spent by students for textbooks in a semester is approximately normal in shape with a mean of $235 and a standard deviation of $20. according to the standard deviation rule, how much did almost all (99.7%) of the students spend on textbooks in a semester?