Assume that in a given group of men between the age of 20 and 30, cholesterol levels are normally distributed. The mean is 178.1, and the standard deviation is 40.7. What percentage of men in this age range have a cholesterol level less than 239.15? Give your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent. Example: 0.0125 would be 1.25%.

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Assume that in a given group of men between the age of 20 and 30, cholesterol levels are normally distributed. The mean is 178.1, and the standard deviation is 40.7. What percentage of men in this age range have a cholesterol level less than 239.15?

 

Give your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent. Example: 0.0125 would be 1.25%.

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