The systolic blood pressure of adults in the USA is nearly normally distributed with a mean of 117 and standard deviation of 15 . Someone qualifies as having Stage 2 high blood pressure if their systolic blood pressure is 160 or higher. d. What two values divide this normal curve into a middle 97%, in other words, what two values represent the middle 97% of blood pressures?  Put the lower number FIRST!   and  mmHg e. How many standard deviations

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The systolic blood pressure of adults in the USA is nearly normally distributed with a mean of 117 and standard deviation of 15 .

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

d. What two values divide this normal curve into a middle 97%, in other words, what two values represent the middle 97% of blood pressures?  Put the lower number FIRST! 

 and  mmHg

e. How many standard deviations away would a blood pressure of 140 be?    

f. Would this be considered unusual?

  • Not Unusual
  • Very Unusual
  • Somewhat Unusual
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