Assume that the people’s ages at the onset of a certain disease have a normal distribution with a mean of 60 years and a standard deviation of 5 years. What is the probability that an individual will develop the disease before the age of 50?

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Solve each word problem. Show the conversion of raw score to z-score. Illustrate the appropriate shading of the normal curve for each problem. Box your final answer.

 

  1. Assume that the people’s ages at the onset of a certain disease have a normal distribution with a mean of 60 years and a standard deviation of 5 years. What is the probability that an individual will develop the disease before the age of 50?

 

  1. Assume that the people’s ages at the onset of a certain disease have a normal distribution with a mean of 60 years and a standard deviation of 5 years. What is the probability that an individual will develop the disease after the age of 65?

 

  1. The weights of 100 female students aged 15 to 20 years have a mean of 120 pounds and a standard deviation of 6 pounds. What percent of the students have weights below 110 pounds?
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