Math question help please 8th grade?

A farmer grows trees on a small orchard. The mean height of a tree is 11.8feet and the standard deviation rounded to the nearest hundredth is 1.37 feet. How many trees on the orchard have a Z-score less than Zero?
9.8ft, 9.8ft, 10.4ft, 11.1ft, 11.7ft, 12.0ft, 12.3ft, 12.4ft, 13.5ft, 14.0ft
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
(show work!!!) please

Anonymous2013-05-08T13:26:17Z

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There are 5 trees with heights less than the mean of 11.8 feet:
9.8ft, 9.8ft, 10.4ft, 11.1ft, 11.7ft
these are the trees with z-scores less than 0

so the answer is choice C. 5