On average, indoor cats live to 12 years old with a standard deviation of 2.6 years. Suppose that the distribution is normal. Let X = the age at death of a randomly selected indoor cat. Round answers to 4 decimal places where possible. a.  What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(     ,    ) b. Find the probability that an indoor cat dies when it is between 11 and 12.1 years old.  c.  The middle 50% of indoor cats' age of death lies between what two numbers?      Low:    years      High:   years

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On average, indoor cats live to 12 years old with a standard deviation of 2.6 years. Suppose that the distribution is normal. Let X = the age at death of a randomly selected indoor cat. Round answers to 4 decimal places where possible.

a.  What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(     ,    )

b. Find the probability that an indoor cat dies when it is between 11 and 12.1 years old. 

c.  The middle 50% of indoor cats' age of death lies between what two numbers?
     Low:    years
     High:   years

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