The mean amount of time it takes a kidney stone to pass is 14 days and the standard deviation is 4 days. Suppose that one individual is randomly chosen. Let X = time to pass the kidney stone. a. What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(    ?   ,     ?   ) b. Find the probability that a randomly selected person with a kidney stone will take longer than 17 days to pass it.    ?    Round to 4 decimal places.

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The mean amount of time it takes a kidney stone to pass is 14 days and the standard deviation is 4 days. Suppose that one individual is randomly chosen. Let X = time to pass the kidney stone.

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

b. Find the probability that a randomly selected person with a kidney stone will take longer than 17 days to pass it.    ?    Round to 4 decimal places.  

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The mean amount of time it takes a kidney stone to pass is 14 days and the standard deviation is 4 days. Suppose that one individual is randomly chosen. Let X = time to pass the kidney stone.

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

b. Find the probability that a randomly selected person with a kidney stone will take longer than 17 days to pass it.  Round to 4 decimal places.  

NOTE... what is the distribution of X? +14 CORRECT.......... N IS NOT 16......INCORRECT

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