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ISBN: 9781337496094

Author: Tan

Publisher: CENGAGE C

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Chapter 8.6, Problem 1E

Medical Records The medical record of infant delivered at Kaiser memorial hospital show that infant ’length at birth(in inches) are normally distributed with a mean of 20 and a standard deviation of 2.6.Find the probability that an infant selected at random from among those delivered at hospital measure

a. More than an 22 in. b. Less than 18 in.

c. Between 19 and 21 in.

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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Solution Summary: The author calculates the probability that an infant selected at random from among those delivered at hospital measures more than an 22-in.

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