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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

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The systolic blood pressure (BP) of adults in the USA is nearly normally distributed with a mean of 117 and standard deviation of 24 .

Someone qualifies as having Stage 2 high blood pressure if their systolic blood pressure is 160 or higher.

b) Stage 1 high BP is specified as systolic BP between 140 and 160. What percentage of adults in the US qualify for stage 1? Give your answer rounded to two decimal places.

(c) Your doctor tells you that you are in the 30th percentile (e.g. bottom 30%) for blood pressure among US adults. What is your systolic BP? Give your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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