The lengths of a particular animal's pregnancies are approximately normally distributed, with mean u = 264 days and standard deviation o = 16 days.(a) What proportion of pregnancies lasts more than 292 days?(b) What proportion of pregnancies lasts between 256 and 272 days?(c) What is the probability that a randomly selected pregnancy lasts no more than 240 days?(d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual?= Click the icon to view a table of areas under the normal curve.mo prODaDmy uar a Tanuommy DoIociou prognancy iasta TIO TITOIG UiaIT 44U uaya la U000.(Round to four decimal places as needed.)(d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual?The probability of this event is, s itbe unusual because the prabability islessthan 0.05.would(Round to four decimal places as needed.)in the answNer box and then click Check Answer.

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The lengths of a particular animal's pregnancies are approximately normally distributed, with mean H= 264 days and standard deviation o = 16 day (a) What proportion of pregnancies lasts more than 292 days? (b) What proportion of pregnancies lasts between 256 and 272 days? (c) What is the probability that a randomly selected pregnancy lasts no more than 240 days? (d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual? %3D Click the icon to view a table of areas under the normal curve. mo provaDmy uiar a TanuomyJOIOCIou pognancy iasiS TIU TITOIU UIAIT 24U uaya 1a u00 . (Round to four decimal places as needed.) (d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual? be unusual because the prabability is less than 0.05. The probability of this event is , so it (Round to four decimal places as needed.) would

The lengths of a particular animal's pregnancies are approximately normally distributed, with mean H= 264 days and standard deviation o = 16 day (a) What proportion of pregnancies lasts more than 292 days? (b) What proportion of pregnancies lasts between 256 and 272 days? (c) What is the probability that a randomly selected pregnancy lasts no more than 240 days? (d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual? %3D Click the icon to view a table of areas under the normal curve. mo provaDmy uiar a TanuomyJOIOCIou pognancy iasiS TIU TITOIU UIAIT 24U uaya 1a u00 . (Round to four decimal places as needed.) (d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual? be unusual because the prabability is less than 0.05. The probability of this event is , so it (Round to four decimal places as needed.) would

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The lengths of a particular animal's pregnancies are approximately normally distributed, with mean u = 264 days and standard deviation o = 16 days.
(a) What proportion of pregnancies lasts more than 292 days?
(b) What proportion of pregnancies lasts between 256 and 272 days?
(c) What is the probability that a randomly selected pregnancy lasts no more than 240 days?
(d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual?
= Click the icon to view a table of areas under the normal curve.
mo prODaDmy uar a Tanuommy DoIociou prognancy iasta TIO TITOIG UiaIT 44U uaya la U000.
(Round to four decimal places as needed.)
(d) A "very preterm" baby is one whose gestation period is less than 228 days. Are very preterm babies unusual?
The probability of this event is, s it
be unusual because the prabability is
less
than 0.05.
would
(Round to four decimal places as needed.)
in the answNer box and then click Check Answer.

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